This is a nice goal; I appreciate the answers to questions that are increasingly showing up on DDG, Google, etc. But I find the idea of a Star Trek computer ina

This is a nice goal; I appreciate the answers to questions that are increasingly showing up on DDG, Google, etc. But I find the idea of a Star Trek computer inadequate as the overall vision of what a search engine should be. Most of us search for lots of things other than just information. We search for experiences: a video to watch, a story to read, a game to play, funny comics, music, a wacky interaction with a stranger. We also search for capabilities: a site that lets me buy something, enter a contest, execute some code, sign a petition, communicate with people, create an image. And even when we search for information, often it is not simply a one-time answer to a question. I might search for a site that will give me ongoing updates on something: the weather, a webcam. Or I might want to read an article to help me master a topic. (Surely the folks at Google know all this. I have to wonder how much of his own ideas the writer is projecting onto them.)