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Doing search well is really hard. Google's simple interface hides some incredibly challenging and innovative work. And not just search, it's the integration of
by paulsutter 14y ago
Doing search well is really hard. Google's simple interface hides some incredibly challenging and innovative work. And not just search, it's the integration of all the pieces, like translate, maps, etc. I'm sure it increases world GDP.
As for for the others, yes technically they are just plumbing and their value is more of a social innovation and very important in that way.
- chris_wot 14y agoA nitpick - "world GDP" is an oxymoron.
- beefman 14y ago? World GDP is a well-defined economic measure, used by economists all the time.
- sp332 14y agoGDP expands to Gross Domestic Product which doesn't make sense if you're talking about more than one country at a time, since most of that number will really be Gross Foreign Product :)
- paulsutter 14y agohttp://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/05/world_gdp http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/05/world_gdp Better go correct those guys at the Economist too.
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- chris_wot 14y agoDone. The Economist is wrong too.