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"Do no evil, they said." No, they didn't. What really annoys me about this persistent misquote is that it gets the character of early Google so wrong. "Do no e
by TillE 14y ago
"Do no evil, they said."
No, they didn't. What really annoys me about this persistent misquote is that it gets the character of early Google so wrong. "Do no evil" sounds incredibly pompous, self-important and serious.
"Don't be evil" is obviously more playful and hackerish.
- eliasmacpherson 14y agoYou can commit evil accidentally, without being evil, so, you're dead right "Don't be evil" is a weaker instruction than "Do no evil". Accidental evil is allowed for Google, so long as it's an unintended consequence. That said, their motto is a lot better than most!