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Inside Humanity's Infinite Improbability Drive - Matt Ridley

The Joe Walker Podcast

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How Worried Should We Be About Big Tech?

There is one counter-argument to the Clayton Christensen view, which has emerged in recent decades. The phenomenon of big tech companies buying up startup competitors and then just letting those companies die "worry me greatly," he says. But with luck, they will be making mistakes as they overpay for smaller tech companies that don't go right.

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