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…
July 14th, 2006 at 6:32 am
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
July 14th, 2006 at 10:00 am
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July 15th, 2006 at 6:32 am
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September 1st, 2008 at 6:59 pm
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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