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Interesting how things have changed in the past 17 years! Google of today, would rather own one's thoughts if they could, let alone things we write in their add

by isodev 2y ago

Interesting how things have changed in the past 17 years! Google of today, would rather own one's thoughts if they could, let alone things we write in their address bar.

Mistletoe 2y ago
There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . . And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . . So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. -Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1971
- 6stringmerc 2y ago
  Per “Breakfast with Hunter” that’s his favorite piece of writing of his career. Great citation.
- ViktorRay 2y ago
  It’s interesting how this quote can apply to so many different things throughout history. I know it specifically references the 1960’s San Francisco counter culture but it’s a poignant quote because it can apply beyond that too.
barbazoo 2y ago
One day they’ll write the things into the address bar for us :)
- isodev 2y ago
  "I'm feeling lucky" but brain-implant edition :))
  - Y_Y 2y ago
    "My feelings are exclusively dictated by advertisers!"
- relaxing 2y ago
  That’s basically the goal of the last decade of changes to Google search culminating in AI summaries: give you the information they think you want on the results page to stop you from leaving for another url.
  - bear141 2y ago
    In my mind it’s more like they give you what they want you to accept in these results and the AI summaries. It really seems like the days where any of these giant corps gave you what you actually wanted are long past.
homebrewer 2y ago
> would rather own one's thoughts if they could This is actually probably coming at some point in the not so distant future: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-nita-farahany-on-ethics-law-and-neurotechnology/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-...

by isodev 2y ago

Interesting how things have changed in the past 17 years! Google of today, would rather own one's thoughts if they could, let alone things we write in their address bar.

Mistletoe 2y ago

There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . . And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . . So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. -Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1971

6stringmerc 2y ago
Per “Breakfast with Hunter” that’s his favorite piece of writing of his career. Great citation.
ViktorRay 2y ago
It’s interesting how this quote can apply to so many different things throughout history. I know it specifically references the 1960’s San Francisco counter culture but it’s a poignant quote because it can apply beyond that too.

barbazoo 2y ago

One day they’ll write the things into the address bar for us :)

isodev 2y ago
"I'm feeling lucky" but brain-implant edition :))
- Y_Y 2y ago
  "My feelings are exclusively dictated by advertisers!"
relaxing 2y ago
That’s basically the goal of the last decade of changes to Google search culminating in AI summaries: give you the information they think you want on the results page to stop you from leaving for another url.
- bear141 2y ago
  In my mind it’s more like they give you what they want you to accept in these results and the AI summaries. It really seems like the days where any of these giant corps gave you what you actually wanted are long past.

homebrewer 2y ago

> would rather own one's thoughts if they could This is actually probably coming at some point in the not so distant future: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-nita-farahany-on-ethics-law-and-neurotechnology/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-...