Google played a good trick with the whole "Don't be evil" mantra, for as long as it lasted. Most people used to think Google could do no wrong in the past. I t

Google played a good trick with the whole "Don't be evil" mantra, for as long as it lasted. Most people used to think Google could do no wrong in the past. I think their image has noticeably gone downhill since they stopped even pretending to abide by that mantra. As Schmidt realized, too, the mantra allowed Google employees to have a reason for pushing back when they thought something doesn't feel right. So I suppose the Google execs eventually started "de-training" them from thinking about it. > "Now, when I showed up, I thought this was the stupidest rule ever, because there's no book about evil except maybe, you know, the Bible or something." In the end, though, he believes it has worked, by giving employees a way to point out things they find unethical. https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/13/4326424/eric-schmidt-once-thought-dont-be-evil-was-stupidest-rule-ever https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/13/4326424/eric-schmidt-once...