Episode 127 — The Worst-Case Scenario

Ben and James discuss Facebook and where both its critics and executives go wrong. It’s time for everyone to consider the worst-case scenarios.

NOTE: We unfortunately had significant audio issues this week on both sides (which, by the way, had nothing to do with the cut cable referenced in the podcast ). Our apologies.

Presented by MailChimp

Links

• Ben Thompson: Defining Aggregators — Stratechery
• This is why tech companies won’t disclose content of Russian ads — The Outline
• Ben Thompson: Trustworthy Networking — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Manifestos and Monopolies — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: The Voters Decide — Stratechery
• The Barriers Stopping Poor People From Moving to Better Jobs — The Atlantic
• Exclusive interview with Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg — Axios
• Ben Thompson: The GDPR and Facebook and Google, Intelligent Tracking Prevention, Data Portability and Social Graphs — Stratechery Daily Update

Hosts

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

Podcast Information

• Feed
• iTunes
• SoundCloud
• Twitter
• Feedback
• Presented by MailChimp