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Very clearly true at Google, for example
by myko 2y ago
Very clearly true at Google, for example
- ein0p 2y agoAs an ex-googler, can confirm. McKinsey guy (Pichai) is running the company straight into the ground. This is masked by the kpis and the stock price (same as with Boeing, up to a point), but don’t yall be surprised when wheels start falling off Google stuff too.
- shiroiushi 2y agoThere's a big difference: when the "wheels start falling off" Google stuff, plane-loads of people don't crash and burn to death. It would be unfortunate if YouTube and Google Maps broke down and became unusable, of course, but no one's going to get killed by it.
- ein0p 2y agoI can think of at least a few scenarios where Search or Maps not working right could (indirectly) kill people.
- anamax 2y agohttps://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/family-man-killed-after-following-map-app-directions-sues-google/UIZEBDQPNFBYPANMPXG5XYHQZM/ https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/family-man-killed-after-... There are others but I'm lazy.
- shiroiushi 2y agoFollowing bad directions can of course potentially get you killed (which is why you shouldn't blindly follow them). However, there are other navigation software providers out there, so if Google suddenly disappeared, people would be able to switch to those. If those alternatives give bad directions and get people killed, that's not Google's fault.
- __loam 2y agoGoogle is completely fucking critical to our society. People would unironically die if it went down tomorrow.
- shiroiushi 2y agoNo one's going to die because they can't watch YouTube videos.
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoI had a doctor Google-Image-Search some symptoms the other day in front of the patient. :-)
- Bluestein 2y ago(And, death aside - if I could - I just want to bring up that it does not necesarily have to get to life and death to be dysfunctional or dangerous or inaceptable ...)