Episode 107 — Smiling Curves and Self-Driving Cars

Ben and James discuss the concept of The Smiling Curve and how it applies to various industries. Then, where value might be found in self-driving cars, and why both Uber and Google are getting it wrong.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Aggregation Theory — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2015/aggregation-theory)

• Ben Thompson: Publishers and the Smiling Curve — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2014/publishers-smiling-curve)

• Ben Thompson: Intel, Mobileye, and Smiling Curves — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/intel-mobileye-and-smilin…)

• Episode 012: The Internet Rainforest — Exponent (exponent.fm/episode-012-the-internet-rainforest)

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Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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