Doc Searls: This has turned Google, a private company with no accountability to any constituency, into a negotiating partner of national governments whose laws or policies do not reflect or respect the ethical stance claimed in Google’s own slogan. Thus, Google now functions on a diplomatic level
Ghastly thought. Not sure I want two grad students with a big plane …
… with the ability and clout to forge country-by-country compromises affecting internet activity and the free flow of information and opinion.
Hell, not even just of this earth, but space. Outer space.
I can see it now. Our Larry who art in Heaven …
Improbable? Then you haven’t looked into the Book of Mormon. At least these guys are smart. No dragging across no deserts, hell no.
I’m kicking myself, here. Probably like most people, I will not see trouble til it stares me right in the eye.
“Don’t Be Evil.” Isn’t that cute.
What the hell kind of corporate slogan is that, she says years later. It’s nuts, is what it is.
Look, everyone has their gifts. Just, these two striplings and their Magic Algorithm …
Larry, Sergey, (Eric et al) love your search. Getting bigger than god? Not so much.
