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And health and fitness people!\n\n\n\n<mark>Ben Thompson</mark> has beat me to the punch here in a great article[1] at his Stratechery site. He asks … ","reading_minutes":10},{"id":"d266a33a-95ea-48b3-83e2-fc15efcde482","slug":"episode-sixty-nine-transcendence-broom-shaped","subject":"Episode Sixty Nine: Transcendence; Broom-Shaped Objects; Odds","title":"Transcendence; Broom-Shaped Objects; Odds","publish_date":"2014-04-29T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":4,"season":null,"episode":69,"episode_label":"episode 69","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-sixty-nine-transcendence-broom-shaped/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2296,"context":" … Bridle wouldn't notice, and b) Andreessen Horowitz wouldn't notice, or c) <mark>Ben Thompson</mark> wouldn't stick it in a newsletter somewhere\n- \"He's modifying his own … ","reading_minutes":11}]}