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Does Google = God?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-job-was-supposed-to-be-mine dept.

lgreco writes "In an op/ed for the NYT, Thomas Friedman wonders "Is Google God?" Interesting article that disseminates things mostly known to and hopefully well understood by the Slashdot readership. The fact that such commentary made it to the NYT op/ed pages is remarkable." It's the NYT, so a free registration is required.

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  1. The tongue of the savage foreign hordes by lordlod · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "... only one-third come from inside the U.S. The rest are in 88 other languages."

    Americans may speak funny but generally its still known as english. Amazingly it's actually spoken outside of the US as well.

  2. What's with the scaremongering? by wfberg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Jeez Louise.. Terrorists will be using the interweb to organize more efficiently! Foreign people who hate use will be able to talk about us behind our backs! (No mention that the internet has done more to proliferate American culture and "values" than MTV or McDonalds, or that the internet can be, and actually is, used for good as well as evil..)

    Don't get your panties in a wad, United States. Better start fearing your domestic Police State To Be!

    OMFG! There's a knife next to my plate! What if a terrorist had sat down here!

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    SCO employee? Check out the bounty
  3. Re:This is a fluff article. by maggotbrain_777 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not only is it a fluff article, it was technically incorrect and seemed intent on perpetuating more mindless post 9/11 fear-mongering pap.

    Verisign operating much of the Internet's infrastructure??? Please, spare me.

    So, the article concludes that Google and Wi-Fi will bring the world together in omniscience all the while there are dark forces at work plotting to destroy us.

    After reading this op-ed piece, The World Weekly news or the Onion seems a more credible source for gaining insights into world perspectives.... ....gak....too much coffee.....

  4. The real point of the article by MarkWatson · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Sure, the technical details of the article were fluff.

    However, the real point of the article is that in an increasingly linked world, it is more important than ever to be good world citizens.

    Lord Rees Moag and James Davidson make this point in their book 'Sovereign Individual": large countries become increasingly vulnerable to small countries and organized groups because of the threats of cyber attacks, etc.

    As this article points out, with the free flow of information, small groups can share information and form larger political and action groups.

    Not to be political, but I was against the recent Iraq War because I think that it is a very bad idea to alienate other countries when we largely depend on the global "dollar standard" for hoarding money and purchasing oil to prop up our economy. I am a more than a little concerned that our turning our backs on the UN will cause us all kinds of problems in the future. (BTW, the US has vetoed 35 UN security council resolutions ssince 1970 - so, it was not so atypical for Russia, France, and Germany to threaten to veto one of our resolutions.

    -Mark