There's a reason I started with Apple. Like there's no question that they're like, I see lots of people on Twitter that have an Apple logo as part of their name. They're quite literally in a very tangible way, making it a part of their identity. And if you step back far enough, that’s kind of amazing, right? Yeah, it's totally amazing. This is the for profit company, the most other company in the world. and people are putting it in like their identity.
Ben and James discuss Xiaomi’s ambition to own the home, why we’re frustrated with patents, why the West is unfair to the developing world, and what makes China unique.
Links
- Jordan Lewis: Exponent Bingo – Twitter
- Ben Thompson: Xiaomi’s Ambition – Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Handicapping the Internet of Things – Stratechery
- When Charles Dickens fell out with America – BBC
- To Live (The film about the Cultural Revolution) – Wikipedia
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