diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index 8ae7256b4..91ed859a7 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ With the occasion of the [[founders letter anniversary]], a date to me more sign I sincerely hope both company and wider society can recognize the opportunity to reflect together on the occasion. It seems, to me anyway, very apropos to stop for a moment and consider together how company, internet and market evolved and became [[entangled]] together in the last 20 years as we all (Google, Googlers, users and public society including other tech companies) aged -- and learnt, and grew -- and our roles shifted in the wider socioeconomic context. +That's what we are setting out to do, anyway. Join me? :) + # I say, in short: an Agora is what Google could be, maybe +The [[Agora]], in short, is what I call my umbrella proposal. + When I say that "Google" should be more like "an Agora" I mean not the [[Agora]] and [[Google]] exactly as they are in their current form, but rather in their full potential or [[entelechy]]; as per the set of values and intentions most closely aligned with the intent of the [[founders]] or [[stewards]] of a [[company]] or [[community]]. I write this in the context of what some call [[late stage capitalism]] and can safely be alternatively described as [[digital capitalism]] in [[mid 2024]]. I, as a Google employee, am writing to communicate my recommendations as clearly and as harmlessly as possible to both company and society.