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Okay, this is weird. I'm almost certain that within the last year or two one of the main Googlers said something like "People just want to be told what to do" I
by DanielBMarkham 11y ago
Okay, this is weird. I'm almost certain that within the last year or two one of the main Googlers said something like "People just want to be told what to do" It was quite a controversy at the time, and people argued that he was just being flip.
I thought it would make a nice addition to this story, juxtaposing people's desire for easy answers with an example of the type of easy answers Google provides folks. It could have kicked off a discussion about the very, very fine line between "helping people" and "telling them what to do"
Only now I can't find that quote anywhere on the internet. Huh?
- paulhauggis 11y agoI think they realized that they can easily influence our political landscape by pushing desired candidates and ideas to the top of the search engine results. But what he said does have truth to it. Most people are employees (they need to be told what do do). It's just an easier way to live. *Edit: I forgot. So many people on HN work for Google and I can't criticize the king.