Episode 136 — It’s All 1s and 0s

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss the Meltdown and Spectre bugs and what they say about processors, technology, and even society. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: Meltdown, Spectre, and the State of Technology — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Alexa: Amazon’s Operating System — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence — Stratechery Nicholas Kristof: Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History — New York Times Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed iTunes SoundCloud Twitter Feedback Presented by WordPress.com

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0:00.0	Hi, James. Ben, how are you? I'm good. How was your Christmas and New Year? It was excellent.
0:06.9	It's always nice to spend this time of year back in Australia. Things get sleepy. I know for folks in
0:13.8	the Northern Hemisphere, it feels strange to hear of Christmas that's hot, but growing up with it,
0:19.8	it just feels strange to me having anything other
0:22.1	than that.
0:22.7	Are you still in Australia?
0:24.2	Yeah, this is the last couple of days.
0:26.2	I'm just about to fly back.
0:27.5	Well, I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
0:30.0	It has been several weeks since we've recorded, so it's good to be back, and let's get to it.
0:35.6	It sounds like a plan.
0:37.4	Our thanks to WordPress.com for sponsoring exponers they do every week, whether you'd like to build a personal blog, a business site, or both.
0:44.9	Creating your website on WordPress.com helps others find you, remember you, and connect with you.
0:49.4	You don't need experience.
0:50.2	They guide you through the process from start to finish and take care of the technical side to get your site up and running.
0:54.7	This is by the way, why I like WordPress.com.
0:57.4	WordPress, I use WordPress.
0:59.2	And if you run it yourself, you have like, there's way more stuff you can do.
1:02.4	But if you start here, it's all taken care of.
1:05.3	And then in the future, you can easily move to your own setup and do all kinds of stuff.
1:09.9	You know, I'm a big WordPress advocate.
1:12.9	You don't need to hear me going on about it.
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