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You might be disappointed. Larry Page has vocal cord paralysis on both sides, and as a result, his in-person presence is not very satisfying. Moreover, Page wo
by Kednicma 6y ago
You might be disappointed. Larry Page has vocal cord paralysis on both sides, and as a result, his in-person presence is not very satisfying.
Moreover, Page would not have substantially more interesting testimony. For any Googler at the top, the answer to the question of "Why is Google so dominant?" is "Google's services are free and high-quality," and there's not really any extra thinking that goes into that line of thought.
We shouldn't expect that Page, nor any other executive, would say something like "Yes, Doubleclick was operating fraudulently," or "Yes, we agreed with Apple to fix salaries and avoid poaching," or "Yes, we developed tools to help China commit human-rights abuses," or "Yes, we knew about Eric Schmidt's trip to see Julian Assange," or "Yes, we successfully avoided tax burdens in multiple jurisdictions." It's one thing to have strong circumstantial evidence and informally-recognized smoking guns, and another thing to expect a top executive to directly and nonchalantly incriminate themselves in front of Congress.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoObviously one would need to make any accessibility accommodations necessary including potentially a translator/someone to vocalize his words written in front of him. But we should be hearing from the man himself, present in the room, not his PR people.
- mercer 6y agoI'm aware that this is not a comment that contributes much, but nonetheless: I agree. Get him present in a hearing!