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code/creativity/culture
culture (noun). all the knowledge and values shared by a society - https://www.wordnik.com/words/culture
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a short, incomplete, mostly wrong history of the internet since 1996
Google’s mission is to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful
it’s all about the connections
the secret sauce
2008: Android
talk
who finds Google:
- reliable?
- usable?
- useful?
but…
(there’s always a but)
talk
what/how much do you pay for stuff online?
- search results?
- email?
- news?
- calendars?
- …
the original sin?
AdWords auction
the most brilliant minds of my generation…
Alphabet annual revenues
80%-90% of profit comes from advertising
surveillance capitalism
a long bow?
can I see your algorithm?
SEO
Google?
cui bono?
what’s to be done?
but…
(the “hope-filled” third act bit)
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
people don’t wanna pay for stuff
Google’s mission is to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful
what can I do?
know your footprint
make informed choices
(perhaps) pay for things?
I’m not anti-Google…
open questions
are you willing to pay for your search results? news? email?
does Google owe traditional journalism a business model?
is data the new oil, or the new uranium?
has Google changed the culture?
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