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I think Google's biggest net positives in the world at this point are Waymo and DeepMind. Way better than spending money on new chat apps. Google's history ha

I think Google's biggest net positives in the world at this point are Waymo and DeepMind. Way better than spending money on new chat apps. Google's history has been having a very lucrative bottom line that allows for very beneficial research with absolutely no hardships on anyone. Supremely better than lining shareholder pockets; shareholders can't think enough quarters ahead for long-term human benefit. Salaries are just the way to attract and retain quality folks.

GreedClarifies 3y ago
The billions who use their search everyday would likely disagree. The billions who use YouTube per day would likely disagree. The billions who use android would likely disagree. The hundreds of millions who use gmail, or gsuite would disagree. Products.
- casey2 3y ago
  Products are at best optimization of a yesterday's technology, in tech you realistically can't peek into the future without spending billions on r&d. Having smart people work on any of the things you listed is a (further) waste of their time.