Andrew and Ben discuss another weekend of pivots, updates and clarifications to the Trump trade policies, the big picture shifts and fundamental questions underlying these policies, a question about Spotify, and Stevie's platform rant inspires an emailer's request for a tech blog post canon.

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Apple Was on Brink of Crisis Before Trump Tariff Concession — Bloomberg

Internet 3.0 and the Beginning of (Tech) History — Stratechery

Strategy Letter V — Joel on Software

The Bitter Lesson — Rich Sutton

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant — Github Gist: chitchcock

Complexity and Strategy — Terry Crowley

The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce — Tom Wolfe

The Spirit Of The Internet — The Awl

The only thing that matters — Marc Andreessen

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