Ben Thompson

speaker

518 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 5d ago

Ben Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 1.

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this thing. voice-verified

No, this is like life advice in general. voice-verified

Like, this is my free relationship advice of the day. voice-verified

Just because someone's complaining doesn't mean they're unhappy. voice-verified

Like, there's a bit like, oh, I have to go research this. voice-verified

I have to go do this. voice-verified

And I'm so busy. voice-verified

And you have your tech companies that can say, oh, I have an assistant that can do it for you. voice-verified

And it's like, no. voice-verified

Not only do I want to do it, I want to complain about it. voice-verified

I'm enjoying myself complaining right now, okay? voice-verified

Would you just let me be and live my life? voice-verified

And so that's why I think there should be a mental reframing. voice-verified

Stop trying to make people's lives better and start highlighting to them. voice-verified

And this is marketing 101. voice-verified

Marketing 101 is you create the perception of a problem in people's lives and you show how your solution voice-verified

or how your product is the solution to the problem. voice-verified

And instead of saying, people don't have a problem that I'm insufficiently productive. voice-verified

They have a problem that I have too many packages piling up or I'm not processing returns. voice-verified

And it's like, just highlighting that, like how miserable this makes you. voice-verified

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