Google Documentary: Behind The Screen
Cool documentary on Google. 47 minutes long.
It starts off on quite a basic level and covers information that most Google-watchers will already know. There are interviews with Melissa Mayer and other Google people – there’s plenty of shots inside the candy-colored Googleplex. The origins of “Don’t be evil” are discussed – it was apparently a directive for a meeting.
Then the documentary starts to ask some hard questions – about the Holocaust. The documentary looks at the subjective bias of the algorithms, and the nature of truth. Privacy questions. Retaining data. The potential for the mis-use of information. “Why would someone want to make all the worlds information available?” – the inference being, I think, that underneath lies a desire for control. Is information storage and retrieval going to be a private enterprise or a public enterprise, and what are the consequences of that?
Great questions. Watching…
mark
Well, Google’s stand is very apparent from its wicked intentions. Google’s sole aim is to earn revenue with relevancy lost in the graveyard..
I have found a site http://www.organicspam.com that has impressed me with its motive and content. They have openly raised sword against Google. Will have to say that this is definitely a bold move
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King Cobra
Well certainly information storage and retrieval is a private enterprise now and will become more and more private I think.
Ken
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