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Google's Impact on the Internet
Kierkegaard writes "The Globe & Mail and Fortune Magazine both wrote a piece on Google, arguably one of the most important companies in the world, and its influence and impact on the Internet. In particular, they mention the effects of Google's recent new services, like Blogger and Maps, as well as their take on how Google threatens the Microsoft Corporation. "If Sergey and Larry stick to their corporate mantra -- Don't be evil -- and are able to stem degeneration into the typically corrupt corporate ethos, who knows, they may just succeed in assuming the fair and honourable dominion over the world's information they so naively set out to achieve eight years ago in their garage.""
The book I could have lived without, but if anyone has read it, or otherwise knows something about the LifeStreams idea proposed by David Gelertner et al., I'm interested to hear your opinions about whether or not Google is headed in this direction. The way I see it, they're still in the phases of building up the infrastructure, interface, etc., and that LifeStreams, or something very much like it, could very well be the ultimate goal of the organization. With academics such as Page, Brin, and Schmidt at the top, I think the theory gains credibility. Anyone? Anyone?