Episode 112 — It’s Complicated

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Ben and James discuss whether or not monopolies are good, the differences between education and healthcare, and how to build an economy of the future. Presented by MailChimp Links Episode 012: The Internet Rainforest — Exponent Episode 005: The World Has Changed — Exponent Ben Thompson: Not OK, Google — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly — Stratechery How Google Eats a Business Whole — The Outline Meet the Google Alum Who Created China’s Facebook-Groupon Mashup — Bloomberg Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed iTunes SoundCloud Twitter Feedback Presented … Continue reading Episode 112 — It’s Complicated

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0:00.0	Hi, James.
0:00.8	Ben, how are you?
0:02.5	Pretty terrible.
0:03.9	Oh, no.
0:04.5	What's happened?
0:06.1	Oh, we are starting 39 minutes late because I took me longer than expected to recover emotionally
0:12.8	from the Milwaukee Buck season coming to an end.
0:14.9	Oh, my gosh.
0:15.9	I figured there was a good reason for you running late.
0:18.8	I didn't realize it was that good a reason.
0:25.7	I appreciate your generosity in classifying as a good reason because it is a good reason uh what who are the milwaukee bucks yeah see
0:30.0	sorry so you're going to have to carry me this podcast i'm a bit i'm a bit of a i'm a bit of a
0:37.3	puddle right now.
0:39.2	And I'm feeling unmotivated and sad and despondent and frustrated and mad and lots of things.
0:48.2	Oh, man.
0:49.2	Yeah. So let's do this podcast without a plan and with me being emotionally unstable.
0:55.3	These are always the most fun ones.
0:57.6	Do you have any alcohol nearby perchance?
1:00.6	You know, it is 11 in the morning, but I walked past my liquor cabinet like three times.
1:06.7	I could justify it.
1:09.3	I'll be right back up.
1:11.5	It'll keep things interesting.
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