>So it favors popularity over accuracy. So what? As the defacto front page to the internet, it is aeguably in society's best interest for search results to ret

>So it favors popularity over accuracy. So what? As the defacto front page to the internet, it is aeguably in society's best interest for search results to return more than SEO spam and ads. I think the modern state of Google is a huge disservice to civilization, compared to what it was and could be. By prioritizing popularity it reduces the majority of search queries to the lowest common denominator and encourages shallow, non-technical culture. I think what we're seeing in the refinement algorithm is a regression to the layman's mean, so to speak, as they tune (train?) The algorithm to work better for the majority of their users, who happen to be non-technical. But when you excessively dumb down technology you reduce incentive for people to learn anything and, more importantly here, the dumbing down means showing entertainment and SEO results over possibly more technical content. Personally I find it disheartening when I search for technical words and the only results are celebrities or media.