'Zero friends' is a strong statement, don't you think? IMHO, Google is in its adolescence as a company. Its values of "don't be evil", transparency, etcetera a

'Zero friends' is a strong statement, don't you think? IMHO, Google is in its adolescence as a company. Its values of "don't be evil", transparency, etcetera are in the right place. Google has many bright and good-hearted people in its employ, and it's in them that I have the greatest faith. Cloud-hosted services and social networks, Google among them, are only beginning to work out their strengths, weaknesses, and consequences of their actions. But when I see how easily-rooted Android and Chrome OS are, Google's resistance to censorship in some countries, epidemiology outreach and more, I'm reminded that while there is darkness implicit in any company's great store of information, in Google's case there is a capacity and willingness to do good at scale. For that, I remain an optimist.