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Episode 060 — Beyond Disruption

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2015

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss when disruption theory is useful — and when it isn’t. Note: We apologize for some mic fuzz issues on this podcast. This episode is sponsored by Wealthfront. See recommended portfolios and get up to $15,000 managed for free by visiting Wealthfront.com/Exponent. Links Clayton Christensen: What is Disruptive Innovation? — Harvard Business Review Ben Thompson: Beyond Disruption — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Obsoletive — Stratechery Ben Thompson: What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Tesla and Beyond Disruption — Stratechery Daily Update Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed … Continue reading Episode 060 — Beyond Disruption

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, James.

0:02.1

Ben, how are you?

0:04.7

I am very depressed and frustrated.

0:08.5

You have to tell everybody why you're depressed and frustrated.

0:12.1

So I actually thought, and I mean, I'm not just saying this because of the circumstances.

0:17.4

Like, I thought we recorded like a really good podcast this week.

0:21.2

And it was good.

0:22.4

It was tight.

0:23.1

Wasn't in need much editing.

0:24.5

Like,

0:24.8

and you even made like a mistake in it,

0:28.1

which let me make one of my points,

0:29.7

which was fantastic.

0:30.7

You're not going to do it again.

0:31.7

I'm frustrated about it.

0:32.8

But it turns out I was recording my mic to an empty file or to a non-existent input.

0:39.5

And there is no, there's no record of what I said last.

0:43.8

Yeah, I know.

0:44.6

Oh, well, too bad.

0:45.8

And it's funny you say this because it's been such a good couple of weeks.

0:49.8

I was actually over in Taipei visiting you.

0:52.0

It's been, I'm, I don't know.

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