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The Jevons Paradox: Why Lowering Costs Explodes Demand
A deep dive into why making a service like Uber more convenient and cheaper doesn't just capture the existing market, but expands it far beyond original calculations.
Why Engineers Make the Best CEOs
Dara explains his perspective on corporate leadership, viewing companies as machines that require an engineering mindset to optimize and set the right goals.
Why Big Companies Should Take More Risks
Dara Khosrowshahi challenges the common corporate trend of risk aversion, arguing that successful companies should actually be more offensive because they have the capital to fail.
Why Autonomous Cars are Already Safer Than Humans
A deep dive into the statistics of autonomous driving, highlighting how Waymo and Tesla's systems are reducing the global toll of auto fatalities.
Connection Over Control in Fatherhood
Dara offers humbling advice for parents, emphasizing that spending time and building connection is more important than specific tactics or maintaining control.
The Math of Success: Taking More Shots on Goal
The CEO of Uber explains how 'accelerating time' and taking more shots than your competitors increases your probability of success by 100%.
The Spread Between the Hockey Stick and the Straight Line
Dara explains why linear thinking fails in technology and why the greatest opportunities lie in the exponential 'hockey stick' growth that most people fail to project.
How Uber's Engineers Use AI to Build the Future
Dara Khosrowshahi explains how AI is revolutionizing coding at Uber, with 90% of engineers using AI tools and a shift from manual writing to 'orchestrating agents.'
The One Thing AI Still Can't Do: Real-Time Learning
Dara identifies the fundamental gap between human intelligence and current AI models: the ability to learn and adapt behavior in real-time during an interaction.
Hard Work is a Learned Skill
Dara Khosrowshahi explains that while talent is important, the defining factor of top performers like Ronaldo or Michael Jordan is the relentless skill of working hard, which he demands at Uber.
Always Bet on People, Not Companies
A powerful lesson on career longevity: prioritizing character, loyalty, and talent in individuals over the fluctuating success of specific companies.
Why the CEO Must Tell the Hard Truth First
Dara discusses his 'self-defense mechanism' for leadership: being brutally honest with the team to ensure they feel safe telling him the unvarnished truth in return.
Is Hard Work a Learned Skill?
Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the controversial idea that hard work and 'embracing the grind' are learned skills rather than innate traits, and why he's never seen a lazy person become an exceptionally hard worker.
The Problem with 'Forgettable' Corporate Values
Dara describes the failure of crowdsourced corporate values and why simple, non-negotiable principles like 'Do the right thing' are more effective than generic teamwork posters.
Why Universal Basic Income (UBI) Keeps Failing
Dara discusses the psychological importance of work and why government cash transfers often fail to improve long-term outcomes due to the loss of self-value.
The 'DAR AI': When Employees Build an AI to Predict the CEO
A fascinating and funny anecdote about Uber employees building an AI model specifically to simulate and prepare for meetings with their CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi.
Impact Over Happiness: Daniel Ek's Advice to Dara
The story of how Spotify founder Daniel Ek convinced Dara to take the Uber CEO role by reframing life's purpose from seeking happiness to making an impact.
The Most Important Skill in Life: Working Hard
Uber's CEO argues that hard work is a talent in itself, comparing elite business performance to world-class athletes like Ronaldo and Michael Jordan.
The Best Career Advice: Stop Planning and Start Being Curious
A counter-intuitive take on career planning. Dara argues that rigid plans create blinders, while success comes from being open to the world and working hard.
Why I Never Feel Safe: The Drive to Build
The Uber CEO shares how his family lost everything during the Iranian Revolution, creating a permanent sense of insecurity that drives his relentless work ethic and appreciation for the rule of law.
The 'Next' Mentality: Moving Past Failure
Dara describes Barry Diller's approach to losing a multi-billion dollar deal, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging loss quickly and moving immediately to the next opportunity.
AI Will Disrupt 80% of Jobs in 10 Years
A sobering prediction from the Uber CEO on the unprecedented speed of AI and its potential to replace the majority of human intellectual and physical labor within a decade.