2008-07-30

Video: Inside Google

Interested in finding out more about the mysterious Google?

Here's a link to the short documentary "Inside Google." It's 45 minutes long but well worth. You'll go through it - snap - like that.

Don't know about some people but Marissa Mayer left an impression on me. She seemed to be robotic in her emotions - very much in line with an engineers DNA I suppose. Sure she seemed genuine but her answers seem to lack a certain warmth and human quality given the importance of the questions. The way she explained why Google keeps all information on Gmail (which I use) left me quivering and thinking about "1984." There is no real rationale for Google to do this. None. It's volunteer voyeurism under the guise of "consumer research?" Nonsense.

As Google slowly brings the world's information (both past, present and future) under one roof, one important question the film raises is the notion of who "owns" humanities work? Will it fall under public domain (as it should) or will we have to pay for it through private interests? Will Google one day own culture?

What's more worrisome Google's growing informational monopoly or global warming?

At some point in the doc, the great library at Alexandria was mentioned. As you probably know, the library no longer exists. While it's difficult to establish what happened one thing is certain; the library was never the same again. Will Google undergo something similar?

Competition is healthy. Information shouldn't belong to anyone. Perhaps Cuil will bring some balance to the internet.

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