Ben Thompson makes a pretty critical clarification to yesterday’s no good, very bad post.

When everyone thinks you’re endorsing authoritarianism (including many who agreed with the post) that’s a pretty good sign you chose your wording quite poorly.

https://birchtree.me/blog/when-the-words-on-the-page-dont-match-what-youre-trying-to-say-follow-up-on-the-ben-thompson-post/

When the words on the page don’t match what you’re trying to say (follow up on the Ben Thompson post)

Ben Thompson: Technological Scale and Government Control, Paramount Outbids Netflix for Warner Bros. This is a lot more complicated than the nuclear question, where government control and ownership was a given; the sort of actions taken by the government over the last week fly in the face of the concept

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