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"...Dragonfly is well aligned with Google’s mission. China has the largest number of Internet users of all countries in the world, and yet, most of Google’s ser
by DanielBMarkham 8y ago
"...Dragonfly is well aligned with Google’s mission. China has the largest number of Internet users of all countries in the world, and yet, most of Google’s services are unavailable in China. This situation heavily contradicts our mission, “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”..."
Ignoring the rest of the logic and values questions involved, a mission is what you want to see happen, not what you're going to do. You may do nothing -- and that might be the best thing you can do for your mission to succeed.
Missions are not to-do lists. They are statements of value that are supposed to be more important than the entity stating them. People die on important missions. The mission is what the important thing is, not how you fit into it.