Show Notes
For the past decade, Benedict has given an annual presentation on the state of technology, and he did the latest at Slush in Helsinki last month. In this episode we discuss some of the challenges and issues that he tried to cover.
You can find the full presentation here - https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations
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