Episode 103 — Dull Knives Don’t Cut

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Ben and James discuss what kind of politicians and products cut through in the Internet age, and why they are profoundly different than what worked before. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: Inspired Media — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Voters Decide — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery James Allworth: The U.S. has Gone F&*%ing Mad — Medium Ben Thompson on How to Make It in the Media in 2016 — The Ezra Klein Show Journalism That Stands Apart — New York TimesTh Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed iTunes SoundCloud Twitter … Continue reading Episode 103 — Dull Knives Don’t Cut

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0:00.0	Hi, James. Ben, how are you?
0:03.1	I am, we're here. I said we might not make it this week. We are here. I am rushed. I am
0:07.7	slam for time. I might speak very fast, but, but we're here. I'm here.
0:11.2	You speak faster than normal to get this over and done with as quickly as possible.
0:16.3	So we will definitely not record next week. I will be on vacation.
0:21.9	But we are here this week.
0:25.2	And I'm happy to be here with you, James.
0:26.7	You get a week off.
0:28.5	What madness is this, Ben?
0:34.9	Oh, I'm already thinking about all this stuff that I, unfortunately, will have to do on vacation.
0:35.8	Oh, no.
0:38.2	Yeah, it's bad when it follows you like that.
0:39.9	Such is life.
0:41.4	Yeah, such is life.
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