From e763c655865ff2ae5737a49fc603d18e191b665b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 00:19:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- Open Letter to Google.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index 6963e7cec..fb016cb41 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ Instead I believe the answer is to try to inch closer to what could be called an I'm a random guy (and nerd) who got lucky, as others I know :) After coming of age in Argentina in the digital context that seems to be becoming known as the [[golden age of the internet]] around the turn of the millenium, I studied literature and computer science and joined Google in [[2012]] believing the [[founders]] cared about the health of the internet and the good of society ahead of profits, and showed it through their public actions and their treatment of employees and users. -During the 00s Google used and developed open protocols like [[XMPP]] and [[WebRTC]]. Google contributed to [[open source]] and the internet [[commons]] before it was cool. Google proved that companies could treat their employees very well -- clearly better than average! high-percentile-well -- and still make a more than sufficient (i.e. a shitload) of money. Google, what is more, had encoded these values in their [[founders letter]], the public declaration of intents and purposes around a great pithy mission: [[to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful]]. Sure, [[free]] was not in it -- but then again, Google offered a +During the 00s Google used and developed open protocols like [[XMPP]] and [[WebRTC]]. Google contributed to [[open source]] and the internet [[commons]] before it was cool. Google proved that companies could treat their employees very well -- clearly better than average! high-percentile-well -- and still make a more than sufficient (i.e. a shitload) of money. Google, what is more, had encoded these values in their [[founders letter]], the public declaration of intents and purposes centered around [[don't be evil]] and a great pithy mission: [[to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful]]. + +Sure, [[free]] was not in it -- but then again, Google offered a fair deal; we could pay with our attention. So why be evil, indeed, if you can be good and get away with it? Make money while still increasing total utility and happiness?