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Pivot

The Twitter Files, How to Make Good Business Decisions, and Guest Maria Ressa

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In another big week for content moderation, internal Twitter emails detailing the decision to block the Hunter Biden laptop story were released, and Ye was suspended from Twitter. Then, welcome to Prof G University: Scott helps us understand how to make good business decisions for stakeholders. Plus, The DOJ wants an independent review into FTX’s bankruptcy, Tim Cook is on damage control on Capitol Hill, and Trump wants to flush the constitution down the toilet. Then, we’re joined by our Friend of Pivot, Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa, to talk about democracy and dictatorship. Maria’s new book, “How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight For Our Future,” is out now. You can find Maria on Twitter at @mariaressa. Send us your questions! Call 855-51-PIVOT or go to nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.0

Hi everyone, this is pivot from New York Magazine in the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.

1:28.0

And I'm Scott Galloway.

1:29.0

How was your weekend, Scott?

1:31.0

That was really nice. I have my closest and oldest friend who I met in the fourth grade out of Markman in town.

1:39.0

Wow.

1:40.0

And I've been thinking a lot about trying to, did you know one in seven men in America and it's up from one in 20 men just 20 years ago.

1:49.0

One in seven men in America don't have a single friend.

1:53.0

What?

1:54.0

And it's one in 10 for women. Friendship is under attack. Really? Yeah, we don't meet the random points of meeting them.

2:03.0

They kind of ceremony and institutions have been broken through COVID following your friends on Instagram.

2:09.0

Generally makes you like them last. People have decided they can no longer be friends with a large part of their traditional friend base because of their political leanings.

2:17.0

Friendship is really under attack.

2:20.0

Yeah, yeah. Well, it's interesting. I would like to get rid of friends, but that's different.

2:25.0

But I was reading a piece in the New York Times on Kinless. People who are kinless with you know as they get older.

2:30.0

There's just going to be this. It's millions of people.

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