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Craft: Driver as Metaphor

Craft: Driver as Metaphor

Today in the Taxi, Williams, Rich, Rukeyser, Dahlberg

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Sean Singer
Apr 02, 2022
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My new book Today in the Taxi, which was officially published yesterday, April 1, is about my experiences driving a taxi in New York City.

I drove for nearly six years, from 2014 until 2020, working as an independent contractor for ride sharing companies like Uber, Lyft, Juno, and Via. There are a number of reasons why I started driving. Some of them I l…

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