Why Rideshare Man?
“Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else — if you run very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.”
“A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
Lewis Caroll
“Rideshare” in the name of the portal is not a coincidence.
The concept became more widely spread at the beginning of this century, though it had existed for a long time. When sharing a ride, we add something new and unexpected to our lives by acting outside our main abilities and duties. One might be an engineer, a farmer, or a merchant sharing a ride with a professor, a child, or a tourist.
The important moment here is that we are creating something beyond the normal course of events.
The “rideshare” spirit is about that moment when we disturb the universe and something beautiful happens.
“Man” is also not a coincidence.
It is not about gender—it is about being a well-defined entity, unafraid to name oneself, and willing to take responsibility for what you do and who you are.
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