The 10,000 Year Clock, The Elon Factor, and Who Wins the Streaming Wars with Matt Webster, Jag Sharma and Jason Kapadia - E96
What’re your plans for 10,000 years’ time?
Short of finding a cure for aging, Jeff Bezos has made his plans very clear with the 10,000 year clock, while Elon seems to be creating a new business every 10,000 minutes…
Take a journey into the future with us on Disconnected, as we break down Microsoft’s new competitor ‘Macrohard’, Bezos’ latest art project, and the fallout from the streaming wars…
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Jeff Bezos’ 10,000 Year Clock, and whether it’s a symbol of long-term thinking or a glorified art project
Elon Musk’s latest foray into AI-created software with ‘MacroHard’
The streaming wars, subscription fatigue, and whether the golden age of streaming will ever return
Episode Highlights:
“Jeff Bezos could have done something a bit more interesting with $42 million if it's gonna tick only 10,000 times, right? That's like $4,200 a tick.” - 6:50 - Jason Kapadia
"The clock is not really being made to be a practical time keeping device. It's more of a symbol. It's kind of like an art project, and I think its purpose is philosophical.” - 8:05 - Jag Sharma
“Elon Musk took to X to drop the bombshell, saying, ‘Join xAI, help build a purely AI software company called MacroHard’. It's a tongue in cheek name, but the project is very real.” - 17:55 - Jason Kapadia
“There's a question mark for me against the Elon factor. It's always Elon going up against the grown ups.” - 28:15 - Matt Webster
“We've reached peak fragmentation - We're suffering from acute subscription fatigue. It's no longer convenient, it's confusing. It's an expensive part-time job managing all these logins and direct debits.” - 34:15 - Jag Sharma
Links & references:
Matt Webster:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwebster/
Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/
Jason Kapadia: