>Pre 80s a lot of the best and brightest worked in engineering. >Post 80s they went into finance and then tech. The latter a mixed bag - brought us Google maps

>Pre 80s a lot of the best and brightest worked in engineering. >Post 80s they went into finance and then tech. The latter a mixed bag - brought us Google maps etc but sadly mostly focused on selling ads. So you havent been able to tell if search engines make or break a company, product or service with the results it delivers? As weapons go, controlling the economy of other countries through search engine results would be novel and advantageous to the US military!