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Oh wow, those authors. For those not in the know, Carl Shapiro [1] and Hal Varian [2] are well known economics researchers. Hal Varian ended up working at Goog

Oh wow, those authors. For those not in the know, Carl Shapiro [1] and Hal Varian [2] are well known economics researchers. Hal Varian ended up working at Google building the AdWords auction after writing this it seems. For anyone wondering, there's this person called *Anna* that has an *archive* where the book can be found. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Shapiro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Shapiro 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Varian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Varian

Gud 2y ago
If they were responsible for AdWords, they’ve had a net negative influence on the web.
PaulHoule 2y ago
Somebody was telling me how Hal Varian was "evil" the other night and I added that Vint Cerf was one of the people Upton Sinclair meant when he said “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” [1] [1] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-ge...
- Gud 2y ago
  In what way does that relate to the works of Vint Cerf? Genuinely curious.
- JadeNB 2y ago
  > Somebody was telling me how Hal Varian was "evil" the other night and I added that Vint Cerf was one of the people Upton Sinclair meant when he said “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” [1] This was probably metaphor, but, if meant literally, it seems unlikely: the "difficult" quote is from a 1935 publication (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair#Political_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair#Political_caree...), and Vint Cerf was born in 1943 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf).
jillyboel 2y ago
Are you referring to https://annas-archive.org/ https://annas-archive.org/?

Gud 2y ago

If they were responsible for AdWords, they’ve had a net negative influence on the web.

PaulHoule 2y ago

Somebody was telling me how Hal Varian was "evil" the other night and I added that Vint Cerf was one of the people Upton Sinclair meant when he said “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” [1] [1] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-ge...

Gud 2y ago
In what way does that relate to the works of Vint Cerf? Genuinely curious.
JadeNB 2y ago
> Somebody was telling me how Hal Varian was "evil" the other night and I added that Vint Cerf was one of the people Upton Sinclair meant when he said “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” [1] This was probably metaphor, but, if meant literally, it seems unlikely: the "difficult" quote is from a 1935 publication (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair#Political_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair#Political_caree...), and Vint Cerf was born in 1943 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf).

jillyboel 2y ago

Are you referring to https://annas-archive.org/ https://annas-archive.org/?