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Opinion
Facebook's structural disruption of media enabled Donald Trump's political rise
“The structural changes that Facebook has imposed on the media, which is inextricably linked to the power of political parties, is what enabled the lives of Trump, for example, right?”
Ben Thompson Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 3:06 #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
Opinion
Microsoft didn't miss mobile; they were culturally ill-equipped to compete
“Microsoft didn't miss mobile. Microsoft started building mobile phones in the late nineties. Like they didn't miss it. They just were fundamentally inequipped to compete in it.”
Ben Thompson Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 1:06:58 #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
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