On the latest episode of PivotPod, karaswisher and profgalloway solicit predictions from amyklobuchar, doctorow, and andrewrsorkin, who believes big business’s relationship with China may change dramatically
Xi Jinping has become more and more dictatorial in recent years. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images What will 2022 bring in the worlds of tech, media, and politics? On the latest episode of the Pivot podcast, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway solicit predictions from Senator Amy Klobuchar, author Cory Doctorow, and CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, who believes big business’s relationship with China may change dramatically.
Andrew Ross Sorkin: Hey, Kara and Scott. My prediction of 2022? In a way we’ve never seen before, western companies are going to be grappling with China and human rights. Of course, so much of Silicon Valley has already left China, but many companies remain, like Apple and Elon Musk’s Tesla. And this year, in large part because of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the globe is going to be exposed to so many of the issues that are taking place there.
Galloway: I think he’s half-right, I think there will be a lot of headlines because the stories are dramatic and there is a real inconsistency, and we still have this delusion that the better angels of American companies’ CEOS are going to show up, and we’re hoping they’ll fill the void — and some have. There’s Ken Frazier, Marc Benioff … CEOs who are filling this kind of vacuum or trying to address the externalities. But I’m not sure Americans really care, and I know that’s a terrible thing.
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