diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index b51cb7451..d1689ba03 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ If not these specific proposals, though, ask yourself: which proposals would ind In that spirit: if you share a proposal for the betterment of Google, I will at least add a link here. If you share a proposal for the betterment of the internet or society at large, please consider joining this Agora :) -An Agora, in short, is: free, fair and democratic. Google, being profit driven, need not be free +An Agora, in short, is: free, fair and democratic. Google, being profit driven, need not be free at all times; but in this letter I make the point that, given its position relevance in the evolution of the internet, it *should* be fair and democratic. # Google should consider becoming more democratic Most corporations have historically not been democratic at all; governance wise they tend to be (or become) highly hierarchical, in particular as they age and emergent hierarchies solidify and negotiate market pressures.