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   "text": "Contesting the safety rationale offered for restricting Uber, the authors argue that the two way rating system and the algorithmic matching of drivers and customers already provide an effective means of policing drivers and ensuring a safe ride.",
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   "text": "There is a systematic disconnect between the facts regulators identify as important and the actual experience and wishes of most consumers.",
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   "text": "A decentralized network of DAOs is significantly more efficient than a centralized platform because the centralized intermediary fee, twenty five percent in Uber's case, can instead be shared between the driver members and the passengers.",
   "abstract": "Second, the decentralized network of DAOs is significantly more efficient because the centralized fees, e.g. in Uber's case 25%, can be shared between the drivers / DAO members and the passengers.",
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