Except, Stevenson being a smug right-winger (or at least the Stevenson who wrote this, I haven't followed his books in recent decades), this was the Federal gov

Except, Stevenson being a smug right-winger (or at least the Stevenson who wrote this, I haven't followed his books in recent decades), this was the Federal government of the time he was describing. Back in reality, Google is a large publicly traded corporation. Surprise!