Episode 136 — It’s All 1s and 0s

Ben and James discuss the Meltdown and Spectre bugs and what they say about processors, technology, and even society.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Meltdown, Spectre, and the State of Technology — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/meltdown-spectre-and-the-…)

• Ben Thompson: Alexa: Amazon’s Operating System — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/amazons-operating-system)

• Ben Thompson: The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/the-arrival-of-artificial…)

• Nicholas Kristof: Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History — New York Times (nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/2017-pro…)

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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