Episode 090 — Fashionable to Be Cynical

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Ben and James follow-up on Facebook versus the media, and then dive into Spectacles and what makes for a compelling product. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: Facebook Tweetstorm — Twitter Ben Thompson: How the Snap Spectacles Story Broke, Facebook Overestimated Video Metric — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Economic Power in the Age of Abundance — Stratechery Warren Buffett: 1991 Letter to Shareholders — Berkshire Hathaway Ben Thompson: Snapchat Spectacles and the Future of Wearables — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Snapchat’s Ladder — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Facebook, Phones, and Phonebooks — Stratechery Seth Stevenson: Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles … Continue reading Episode 090 — Fashionable to Be Cynical

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0:00.0	Hi, James. Ben, how are you? I'm fine. How are you? You're baiting me. We had this conversation.
0:08.0	So I have this theory that whenever someone says they're fine, they aren't good, but for whatever
0:14.7	reason, they aren't willing to say they're good. And I said that to you, and your reaction,
0:20.3	when I said that to you before we started
0:21.9	recording was, well, oh no, it was I don't need you to pre-read my mind. If I'm unhappy, I will tell you.
0:28.4	Right. And it starts to annoy you. And then I said, so you really are fine.
0:34.8	That was an excellent recap. And it was, and it was it was such a good repost
0:41.4	that i laughed and my mood lightened and i became good so i'm good james excellent that's what
0:47.7	i like to hear i'm very glad to hear it very good this is uh episode 90 of exponent and we are
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1:17.1	Yeah.
1:17.5	Thank you, guys.
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1:20.0	I wanted to do, because I cannot stay away, I wanted to do some quick follow-up.
1:25.4	I want to do some quick follow-up on Facebook.
1:27.7	So it will be short.
1:29.0	Bear with us.
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