The centralization of the internet around platform companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook was bound to create unintended consequences, and those consequences were already manifesting themselves in 2016 when Ferguson arrived at Stanford.

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Niall Ferguson

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the centralization of of the internet around platforms like Amazon and then uh Google and Facebook was bound to create unintended consequences and and the unintended consequences were already manifesting themselves in 2016.

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The Shared Arc of History, AI, and Technology | Niall FergusonSouth Park Commons
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:05:55 AM

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