"..Several of these companies have now become billion-dollar enterprises as their tiny 21st-century chariots have deployed to more than 100 cities, including Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and Miami. Bird has reported more than 10 million rides to date."

These valuations are a result of the extreme inequality that exists via massive wealth being funneled to Silicon Valley bros...need to find a way for everyone to get equity in this, not just those people. However cool and functional all this seems, we can't keep doing things the same ol' way with regards to extreme weath/inequality etc...