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Episode 122 — From Intel to Disney

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Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss the Theory of the Conservation of Attractive Profits, Intel, Netflix, and how it all applies to Disney. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: Disney’s Choice — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Disney Follow-up — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Aggregation Theory — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Netflix and the Conservation of Attractive Profits — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Truth about Windows Versus the Mac — Stratechery Ben Thompson: ESPN: From Franchise to Business — Stratechery Daily Update Warren Buffett: 1991 Letter to Shareholders — Berkshire Hathaway Ben Thompson: Netflix Goes Global — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Correction the Netflix … Continue reading Episode 122 — From Intel to Disney

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0:00.0

Hi, James. Ben, how are you? Frazzled. I'm frazzled, James. What has caused this, Ben?

0:07.0

I have been sitting outside, first outside my apartment, attempting to unlock the door,

0:12.1

and then outside of my apartment watching a locksmith trying to unlock my door. And then outside

0:16.1

my apartment watching a locksmith take a drill to my door, and then finally sitting in my office, watching

0:22.1

the locksmith and then try to fix the door.

0:24.1

And we're recording this podcast like two hours late.

0:26.3

So I feel that's a pretty justified reason to feel, to feel slightly frazzled.

0:30.6

No, I think that's fair.

0:32.6

Normally technology is, well, actually, normally when someone is in a circumstance like this it is due to them

0:39.1

losing their key but that's not what happened right no this stupid electronic door and yes uh the

0:45.3

the internet of of shite account would would appreciate would appreciate the story although actually

0:49.8

it wasn't the electronic i mean it's hard to say say because there was like a sort of misalignment.

0:56.3

And it was kind of misaligned from the beginning.

0:59.0

And it's gotten worse over time.

1:00.5

And then it kind of just got a little bent.

1:02.5

But part of the problem that he had to take the drill to the doors because I didn't have an actual key because I only had the electronic fob to open it. And had I had it been a normal door with a key,

1:12.6

it probably never would have even been a problem in the first place. Yeah, a normal door,

1:16.2

a normal lock would have been preferable. And the worst thing is, the worst thing is,

1:19.7

it's an electronic lock, but there's no like phone integration or anything. So I still have to

1:23.1

carry a fobs. So there's like actual day-to-day improvement in my life from having the

1:27.7

store beyond the fact that we're now recording podcasts to hours late. There we go.

1:31.7

About technology and society. And my society is very annoyed right now.

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