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Episode 145 — Qualcomm, Patents, and Innovation

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss President Trump’s intervention in Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm, the problem with patents, and whether or not markets inherently overvalue short-term thinking. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: Qualcomm,National Security, and Patents — Stratechery Dr. L. J. Hart-Smith: Out-Sourced Profits — The Cornerstone of Successful Subcontracting — Boeing Paper 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 am doing okay. It is early. It is Wednesday here, Tuesday for you.

0:07.1

So hopefully nothing dramatic happens over the next few days before we release this. But I'm doing well

0:12.3

for a Wednesday. How are you? Yeah, good for a Tuesday. Thank you very much. Daylight savings

0:16.9

kicked in. I'm enjoying the extra hour of sunlight. Yeah. Oh, great. Now we're going to get people

0:21.3

complain about daily savings. I just find the whole like, oh, like, it's an hour. I mean,

0:27.0

I mean, chill out. Sorry, now we're definitely getting email. Everyone likes to complain and no one likes

0:32.5

to actually point out what the alternative should be. So do you actually really want an hour less of sunlight

0:38.3

during the summer? Or alternatively, do you actually want it to be pitch black when you go to work

0:44.0

in the winter? I mean, think through this people. I mean, there is, there's, it's not just like a random,

0:48.7

okay, it's kind of a random introduction day at savings time. But there is like, it's very easy to say,

0:53.3

oh, this is terrible, the worst

0:54.3

thing ever ban it, and then not actually think through, well, would you actually be happy about

0:58.4

that? It sounds like you're a, you're a supporter. I am a supporter. So I live, there is no

1:04.6

daily savings time here in Taipei. And believe me, for me, day of savings time is a far

1:09.0

greater pain in the rear end than it is for anyone else because I have to schedule calls constantly with people in the United States where they change it. I don't. And oh, my daily update schedule is driven by the U.S. Times, which, but I'm here in Taiwan. So it is actually an unbelievable pain in the rear end for me. That said, I think it's great. I wish they had it here.

1:27.9

Like, I love it being bright at night. I think it's great. And to the extent that we can

1:32.3

have more of it, the better. I appreciate the principled stance. Well, thank you. No email,

1:37.4

please. Our thanks to WordPress.com, I'm just part of a WordPress.com blog in support of daily

1:42.7

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1:47.0

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