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Episode 190: C-3PO's Beard

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: The Ultimate Existential Investor

This week, Dan and Merlin vent about Apple as only its superfans really can. What happens when things…don't…just work?

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0:00.0

Ah, just need to have a lozenge.

0:02.0

Hi, Dan.

0:04.0

Hey, how's everything?

0:06.0

Hey, everything's going great. How are you?

0:08.0

Do I say I'm a little bit late.

0:10.0

Today we had to unplug and re-plug.

0:14.0

You know how that is?

0:16.0

Yeah. That's the story of my life.

0:18.0

It really is. I'm constantly re-plugging and I'm plugging.

0:20.0

And you reboot and...

0:22.0

Yeah.

0:24.0

You know, that's the human condition though.

0:26.0

What, rebooting?

0:28.0

Well, you know, I mean, just the... the... the wobbly wheel.

0:32.0

I don't know why I'm talking like this.

0:34.0

This is my mansplaining voice.

0:36.0

How's everything going?

0:38.0

Everything?

0:40.0

Everything is going fine.

0:42.0

I'm trying to adjust my mix in my cans.

0:44.0

Yeah. Yeah. The guy Marcus has been talking to me about

0:48.0

getting a better preamp for you.

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