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> "Organizing the world's information for _everybody_ to access" seems as benevolent as it can get. Except that Google doesn't claim to organize the world's in
by anamax 16y ago
> "Organizing the world's information for _everybody_ to access" seems as benevolent as it can get.
Except that Google doesn't claim to organize the world's information - there's plenty of stuff that they intentionally avoid.
Also, Google doesn't do it out of the goodness of their hearts. Would you think that a company that charged you $1 for each search was benevolent? If not, Google's benevolence is due to either charging less or charging someone else - which is it?
I don't place much value on benevolence - most of the world's horror stories are due to folks claiming that they were trying to "do good", but Google is not benevolent.
- scorpion032 16y ago"benevolence" does not mean "doing it for the sake of some one else". It is more like, "doing what is right; right for me and right for others"
- anamax 16y ago> "benevolence" does not mean "doing it for the sake of some one else". It is more like, "doing what is right; right for me and right for others" My sources, which include http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/benevolence http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/benevolence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolence disagree. What are your sources?