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Is Google Too Smart For Its Own Good?

Posted by kdawson on from the sowing-seeds dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with a piece in Fortune speculating on what's next for Google. The writer believes that a supersaturated solution of very smart people, plus stock that may have run out of upside, will yield what he calls Son of Google — a large wave of innovative companies created by Google graduates. And a Google less intent on hiring, and less able to hire, the very smartest people around. Could happen.

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  1. So, what's the problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not worried, at least not until we get to the Revenge of the Son of Google, or maybe the Bride of the Son of Google. That's when the entertainment value really drops off.

    1. Re:So, what's the problem? by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 5, Funny

      Will the odd numbered ones be good and the even numbered ones bad? Or the other way round?

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