World Health Organization in the crosshairs, the robot revolution, Softbank's struggling Vision Fund and a big prediction: Amazon is going to be a $2 trillion company by 2020

Pivot

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Technology, News Commentary, News, Tech News

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott evaluate President Trump's recent business decisions from defunding the W.H.O., to his "council to reopen America", and the public/private partnership. They also talk about the possible end of Vision Fund after SoftBank tells investors they may have lost $16.7 billion this year. A court in France is ordering Amazon to halt operations until they can address worker safety concerns. In Listener Mail, we get a question about whether robots will start replacing essential workers. In predictions, Scott says that Amazon will come out of the pandemic a $2 trillion company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:06.6	I'm Cara Swisher.
0:07.6	And I'm Scott Galloway.
0:09.6	Well, you sound good this morning, Scott.
0:11.8	How's it going down there in Florida?
0:13.8	Well, you know, I've decided to really take stock of life and I've decided to change
0:21.1	the way I approach life Cara and I've taken the toaster setting down from five to three
0:25.5	so I can stop and smell the roses.
0:27.8	And let life play out as it was meant to you.
0:32.8	What point are you in the quarantine?
0:34.8	What point are you in the quarantine?
0:36.6	Are you like, oh, this is it?
0:38.6	This is my life now or are you like, I shall not accept this.
0:42.0	What part?
0:43.0	I don't know.
0:44.0	I'm sort of at the point where I wish I could find one of those machines that can clone
0:46.2	you so I could murder me and then kill myself.
0:48.6	I'm kind of at that point.
0:51.5	I've had it with this shit.
0:52.5	I don't know about you.
0:53.5	Oh, you know what?
0:54.5	I'm fine.
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