Episode 184 — Good is Better than Perfect

Ben and James discuss masks and Twitter’s decision to delete tweets about COVID-19.

Links

• Zeynep Tufekci: Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired — The New York Times
• Ben Thompson: Unmasking Twitter — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Compaq and Coronavirus — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Zero Trust Information — Stratechery
• China’s Decision to Leave Asymptomatic Patients off Coronavirus Infection Tally Sparks Debate — Caixin
• Ben Thompson: Apple’s Organizational Crossroads — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Books and Blogs — Stratechery
• Why It’s So Freaking Hard To Make A Good COVID-19 Model — FiveThirtyEight

Hosts

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

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