In 2017 or so, people started to assert that the FAANG companies—Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google—were unstoppable juggernauts. Lately that claim has taken some hard hits, as Facebook (now Meta) and Netflix, facing stiff competition, have seen their stock prices tumble. Adam Thierer, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, joins the show to discuss how the Schumpeterian “gale of creative destruction” unseats dominant market players, why government antitrust cases so often look foolish in hindsight, and why we should celebrate innovation (spoiler: it leads to progress and human betterment). Adam also discusses his book Evasive Entrepreneurs and the Future of Governance: How Innovation Improves Economies and Governments.
Corbin’s piece on monkeys and double pendulums—mentioned around 20:30—is “Can Experts Structure Markets? Don’t Count on It.”
#264: Is the WHO Blowing Smoke about Vaping Dangers?
#263: A Tech Update from the West Coast
#262: Another Attack on Encryption
#261: Florida’s Sharing Economy
#260: How America Can Keep Leading Innovation
#259: Section 230 and Online 'Censorship'
#258: Protecting creativity with Pinterest
#257: The Future of 5G with T-Mobile
#256: Driving Out Flexibility
#255 How Much Should We Worry About Deep Fakes?
#254: Bridging the Digital Divide through Internet Essentials
#253: The Road Ahead for Self-Driving Cars
#252: Harm-Reducing E-Cigs Might Go up in Smoke
#251: SESTA/FOSTA Hurts the Victims It Aims to Protect
#250: Mapbox
#249: Information Fiduciaries: The Privacy Awakens
#248: Everything You Wanted to Know about Information Fiduciaries but Were Afraid to Ask
#247: Seeing the Silver Lining in the Current Techlash
#246: Talking Privacy with DuckDuckGo
#245: Does the Internet Actually Need Saving?
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Acquired