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Paranoid? That's the official company-wide mission/slogan: "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and usef

Paranoid? That's the official company-wide mission/slogan: "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/ https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/ Nothing wrong with that as far as I'm concerned.

kuschku 9y ago
Nothing is wrong with a monopoly as long as it’s controlled democratically by all who use it. In the next years, either we’ll have to break Google up, ban them from the European markets, or find a way for all citizen to have control over Google. And if we end up with the German government straight up buying Google. But a single person having control over a monopoly that becomes a necessity in your life is becoming close to autocracy. It’s not that problematic yet, but if Google actually takes over the employment market, self-driving cars, and more (same with Amazon, if they actually manage to take over all Retail), then there’s a massive issue. Autocratic Corporations should never be allowed to hold any monopoly – Cooperatives would be a better alternative for that.
- throwanem 9y ago
  > a monopoly as long as it’s controlled democratically by all who use it Another word for this arrangement is "government".
  - robotresearcher 9y ago
    That's a subset of possible governments.
    - throwanem 9y ago
      Sure. But in this context I was more interested in pointing out that that's a kind of government, than in parsing differences between various such kinds.
n42 9y ago
The mission is admirable. The end result is unknown. One entity controlling that much information is generally seen as a dangerous thing.
drdeadringer 9y ago
This exchange reminds me of a line from Robin Williams' "Club Paradise": "Yesterday, I was paranoid. I thought people were after me. Today, I know they're after me. There they are." [Points and nods across the street] [The island's mayor waves half-heartedly] [Robin Williams waves back]

kuschku 9y ago

Nothing is wrong with a monopoly as long as it’s controlled democratically by all who use it. In the next years, either we’ll have to break Google up, ban them from the European markets, or find a way for all citizen to have control over Google. And if we end up with the German government straight up buying Google. But a single person having control over a monopoly that becomes a necessity in your life is becoming close to autocracy. It’s not that problematic yet, but if Google actually takes over the employment market, self-driving cars, and more (same with Amazon, if they actually manage to take over all Retail), then there’s a massive issue. Autocratic Corporations should never be allowed to hold any monopoly – Cooperatives would be a better alternative for that.

throwanem 9y ago
> a monopoly as long as it’s controlled democratically by all who use it Another word for this arrangement is "government".
- robotresearcher 9y ago
  That's a subset of possible governments.
  - throwanem 9y ago
    Sure. But in this context I was more interested in pointing out that that's a kind of government, than in parsing differences between various such kinds.

n42 9y ago

The mission is admirable. The end result is unknown. One entity controlling that much information is generally seen as a dangerous thing.

drdeadringer 9y ago

This exchange reminds me of a line from Robin Williams' "Club Paradise": "Yesterday, I was paranoid. I thought people were after me. Today, I know they're after me. There they are." [Points and nods across the street] [The island's mayor waves half-heartedly] [Robin Williams waves back]