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It's easy to dismiss any good deed as "Everybody acts in their own interest"

"Organizing the world's information for _everybody_ to access" seems as benevolent as it can get. Taking care of your employees by providing facilities only confirms the point of view.

PS: I am not commenting about, how Google is now. I liked what someone else said it yesterday, "Creating a new successful social network is like starting a new night club"




> "Organizing the world's information for _everybody_ to access" seems as benevolent as it can get.

Except that Google doesn't claim to organize the world's information - there's plenty of stuff that they intentionally avoid.

Also, Google doesn't do it out of the goodness of their hearts. Would you think that a company that charged you $1 for each search was benevolent? If not, Google's benevolence is due to either charging less or charging someone else - which is it?

I don't place much value on benevolence - most of the world's horror stories are due to folks claiming that they were trying to "do good", but Google is not benevolent.


"benevolence" does not mean "doing it for the sake of some one else". It is more like, "doing what is right; right for me and right for others"


> "benevolence" does not mean "doing it for the sake of some one else". It is more like, "doing what is right; right for me and right for others"

My sources, which include http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/benevolence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolence disagree.

What are your sources?


It also did help a lot with their revenue stream




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