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How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions

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Scott Galloway |

TED Salon: Brightline Initiative

• October 2017

The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely? In a spectacular rant, Scott Galloway shares insights and eye-opening stats about their dominance and motivation -- and what happens when a society prizes shareholder value over everything else. Followed by a Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson. (Note: This talk contains graphic language.)

The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely? In a spectacular rant, Scott Galloway shares insights and eye-opening stats about their dominance and motivation -- and what happens when a society prizes shareholder value over everything else. Followed by a Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson. (Note: This talk contains graphic language.)

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Scott Galloway

Professor of marketing

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Scott Galloway teaches brand strategy and digital marketing and the NYU Stern School of Business. He is the author of "The Four" and "The Algebra of Happiness," and cohost of the "Pivot" podcast.

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