Friday, May 3, 2013

You Don't Have To Be a Luddite...


DOXA 2013: Google and the World Brain considers the Internet as a sentient thing


Google's 'Don't Be Evil' mission may be slipping. You don't have to be a Luddite to be a little creeped out reading about this film illuminating the Google business model and documenting current and past Google initiatives

The reference to the Internet as a sentient being reminds us of Orson Scott Card's Ender books; the idea of being killed and uploaded to a giant virtual reality computer brings to mind assorted dystopic sci-fi novels.

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