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Sounds an awful lot like "too big to fail" rhetoric.

• ericb 15y ago
  Really? I google medical conditions frequently. I think this is common practice. I have also met a good number of folks (mostly older) who know only of google search engine-wise. Some of them are unsure what input field to type in at times. Comparing critical services to political slogans is mentally lazy. Yes, the power grid in my city is "too big too fail" this winter--because people can and do die when that happens.
  • coderdude 15y ago
    The last thing Google will tell you is that they are critical infrastructure. They would never want that much liability or responsibility to be placed on them. Searching for information about a medical condition is something I think a lot of people do, but they shouldn't come to rely on Google (or the Web in general) for that. The information Google returns can be false, misleading, under-researched, or all of the above. You can't actually rely on the information you find. Even something as simple as 'what to do in the event of receiving a concussion' can be riddled with misinformation. Practicing Web-medicine is illadvised. I'm not sure if you're suggesting that it was you or I who is guilty of mental laziness but the entire world laughed as we called our banks "too big to fail" and you're regurgitating the exact same mantra. The only difference is you've switched Goldman Sachs with Google.