Google Master Plan Video — Speculations on the Hidden Purposes Behind Google’s Information Collection
June 13th, 2007 | Posted in blog 2 Comments »
Destry Wion pointed out this video detailing Google’s Master Plan to me. Really interesting presentation to watch. Google’s simple motto is “Don’t be evil,” but as they achieve total human omniscience, won’t it be tempting to start abusing that power? I hope they use it for good — such as catching criminals and stopping terrorists, rather than empowering marketers.
Google is still viewed as cool; if they abuse their power, they’ll lose that image and turn into Microsoft, which someone once described as the Darth Vader of Tech. It would be an interesting study to contrast the public images of Google vs. Microsoft and how each got that way.
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Google has lately acquired some more tools that make this video even more interesting. Jotspot (a wiki tool), Feedburner (a feed syndication RSS tool), and a Powerpoint tool of some kind. They are also coming out with a Google Mashup Editor (similar to Yahoo Pipes). It’s amazing to think of the tool suite that will be available through Google.
I went to sleep shortly after posting this video and had a crazy dream. I dreamt that some hacker team took over Google and was accessing their information archives (and looping the security cameras to mask the attack). I tried to let others in the world know Google was under attack but my actions resulted in some casualties by the hackers. Then I lost a shoe near a basketball court and couldn’t find it. Oh man, I must be losing it.
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