Ben and James reunite to discuss the potential impact of AI on white collar work.

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• Ben Thompson: AI Homework — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: An Interview With Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman About the Democratization of AI — Stratechery

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• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Ben and James discuss Facebook and Microsoft’s metaverse announcements, and how the future might play out.

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• Ben Thompson: Meta — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: An Interview with Mark Zuckerberg about the Metaverse — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: AR vs. VR — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Apps, People, and Jobs to be Done — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Metaverses — Stratechery

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• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Are we in the middle of the IT revolution, or on the verge of something new?

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• Ben Thompson: The Death and Birth of Technological Revolutions — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: The End of the Beginning — Stratechery
• John Perry Barlow: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace — EFF
• Ben Thompson: Internet 3.0 and the Beginning of (Tech) History — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: The Internet and the Third Estate — Stratechery

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• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify’s recent announcements are so compelling for creators.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Surprise — Stratechery
• Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — Exponent
• Ben Thompson: Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Spotify Earnings, Podcasts and Lifetime Value, The Ringer Acquisition — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: The European Super League, Apple Music’s Letter to Artists — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s Earnings, Margins and Chips — Stratechery

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• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Ben and James discuss Substack and the rise of the sovereign creator.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Sovereign Writers and Substack — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Never-Ending Niches — Stratechery
• Bruno Maçães: History Has Begun — Hurst Publishers
• Ben Thompson: Defining Information — Stratechery

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• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Ben and James discuss Australia’s Media Bargaining Code and its fall-out.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Google Makes Deal With News Corp, Facebook Blocks News in Australia, Microsoft’s Shamelessness — Stratechery Daily Update
• James Allworth: Australia’s Proposed “Fox News Tax” — Medium

Hosts

 

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Ben and James discuss whether Facebook and Twitter should de-platform President Trump.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Tech and Trump — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: New Defaults — Stratechery
• James Allworth: Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy — Medium
• Ben Thompson: Trump and Twitter — Stratechery

Hosts

 

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Ben and James discuss Apple’s new chip announcement and what it means for both Apple and Intel.

Links

• James Allworth: Intel’s Disruption is Now Complete — Medium
• Ben Thompson: Apple’s Shifting Differentiation — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: The Intel Opportunity — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Apple, ARM, and Intel — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Chips and Geopolitics — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Intel and the Danger of Integration — Stratechery

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• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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Ben and James discuss the antitrust subcommittee hearing, the problems of mixing antitrust and Aggregators, and how to think about regulation and democracy.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Antitrust Politics — Stratechery
• The New York Times: Here’s which tech C.E.O. was asked the most questions by lawmakers. — NY Times
• Ben Thompson: Why Doesn’t Apple Enable Sustainable Businesses on the App Store? — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Apple’s China Problem — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: The Antitrust Hearing, The Role of Congress, CEO Questions — Stratechery Daily Update
• Ben Thompson: A Framework for Regulating Competition on the Internet — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Ends, Means, and Antitrust — Stratechery
• James Allworth: Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy — Medium
• Ben Thompson: TikTok Key Money, Rule By Law, China Gaslighting — Stratechery Daily Update
• Ben Thompson: Tech and Trump: The Meeting — Stratechery Daily Update

Hosts

 

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

 

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