The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Prof G Markets: Google’s Quantum Breakthrough & The World Cup Goes to Saudi Arabia
16 Dec 2024
Follow Prof G Markets: Apple Podcasts Spotify Scott and Ed open the show by discussing why a federal judge blocked Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons, Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to restructure its business, and Eli Lilly's plans to test its GLP-1 drug as a treatment for addiction. Then Ed breaks down Google’s innovation in quantum computing, outlining its potential business use cases. Scott explains why the market is responding positively—even as the broader implications remain unclear. Finally, they discuss Saudi Arabia’s successful bid to host the 2034 World Cup and debate whether it’s a smart long-term investment for the country. Order "The Algebra of Wealth," out now Subscribe to No Mercy / No Malice Follow the podcast across socials @profgpod: Instagram Threads X Reddit Follow Scott on Instagram Follow Ed on Instagram and X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Today's number, $400 billion. That's Elon Musk's record high net worth as of last week. Power corrupts, and absolute power absolutely corrupts. This is terrible for society and will cause real damage to economies, justice, and democracy around the world. Welcome to Prop G Markets. Today, we're discussing Google's quantum breakthrough and Saudi Arabia's World Cup. But first... Oh, wait, banter.
You can introduce me and then we can do banter. Like anyone doesn't know you? Literally, I'm so sick of it. Everyone comes up to me and is like, tell Ed we said hello. If it's anyone young, they're like, I love that Ed Elson. Yeah, I know. Yeah, he's great. I'd love to hear that. He's great. What are you doing, Ed?
Where are you? What's going on? I'm in New York and I'm just sort of reeling from that experience. $400 billion net worth stat. I don't know if you realize this, but since Trump was elected, since November 5th, Elon's net worth has increased by 66%, and he's added $4 billion to his net worth every day. Yeah, and I was excited about getting ZipRecruiter as a sponsor last week.
oh god and here i am selling like chewable erectile dysfunction drugs seriously like oh wait they're gonna spend eleven hundred dollars on first-time founders sure i'll meet with them oh god oh god i'm headed to oh wait i'm headed to riyadh let's talk about that let's bring this back to me i'm headed to riyadh on what am i going on tuesday have you ever been to you haven't been to riyadh right no
You're welcome to take me with you. Yeah. If you were much more interesting and I liked you more, we'd absolutely be rolling together. That's not fair. I think you're both interesting and likable. But I've been to Dubai a bunch of times. I've only been to Riyadh once. I was only there for a conference. I'm kind of curious. I'm taking a little bit extra time and I'm going to check it out.
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