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Episode 2 – “Winner Takes All”

Season 1 Episode 2 | 55m 37s

Host Niall Ferguson tells the story of how a decentralized, not-for-profit worldwide web shape-shifted to become a highly profitable network controlled by a tiny elite selling our attention for billions of dollars to the world’s advertisers.

Aired: 03/15/20 | Expires: 04/14/20
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