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(CNN)It's a sad statement about Silicon Valley today that virtually no one there is surprised about the latest developments at Uber, including allegations of sexual harassment, or a video of the co-founder and CEO berating an Uber driver.
These are only the most recent in a long line of incidents from a company that has celebrated disruption above community, and prized money, power and control above morality.
If Sacca is so frustrated about the situation at Uber now, where's the manifesto this time? I want to hear it.
The obvious difference between Uber today and Twitter then is that Twitter was struggling, while Uber's business continues to perform. Uber's enablers are obviously focused on cashing in someday. Their actions show that aside from a few rare exceptions, Uber's investors are going to stay silent publicly, no matter how egregious the incident. Or they will defend him, as Inside.com founder and Uber investor Jason Calacanis has done, telling CNBC that Kalanick "is going to turn into one of those legendary CEOs that we have seen like Bill Gates ... people are not perfect, they need to improve and I think he's on that journey."
In this era, money routinely trumps everything else in Silicon Valley and so much of America. If you only have principles when it's beneficial to your wallet, you don't have principles.
If only Silicon Valley had better mirrors.
I was there when Uber began. One night in 2009, at a little jazz bar on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, I was shown the first prototype of the Uber app by co-founder Garrett Camp, a very creative guy, back when it was just two red dots blinking to represent two San Francisco black cars. Neither of us could have dreamed that night just how big an opportunity was ahead.
So as not to squander that opportunity, now is the time for a new generation of adult leaders to step up, so the needed changes can be made. I do believe Uber can change. But Travis Kalanick needs to go first. There are some very talented and impressive people and leaders inside the company. If they can't be made because one person controls everything, then we should all be very concerned.
An earlier version of this piece listed Peter Sims as the author of "True North." He is the co-author, along with Bill George.
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