The business, strategy, and impact of technology

Ben Thompson was arguably the first person to realize the immense leverage of our email inboxes - long before everyone had an email newsletter, there was Stratechery. Ben's key realization was that if technology is like the earth, and our Facebook, Google, Twitter accounts are like the crust that we stand on top of, then email is the mantle, the thick, molten layer that separates the internet's surface with its deep technical underbelly.

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