From f7d079da92966681e47ab0b81ecda737b656563d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 00:03:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- Open Letter to Google.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index 5c568c321..70fbb0c0d 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ I am writing this letter because nobody else seems to be doing it, and I thought With the occasion of the [[founders letter anniversary]], a date to me more significant for my relationship with the company than probably any other (including its founding), I was hoping for both the company and the wider internet to take the opportunity to have an open conversation about the general state of affairs as [[Google]] the /[[public company]] enters the third decade of a mostly deserved reign as internet search engine and provider of [[knowledge tools]] in the market. Instead so far I have only seen silence. People seem jaded, as if Google has lost their trust and can now be expected to [[do no better]] than other corporations; to act just as other corporations do, despite our [[founders letter]] being our public declaration of intentions. The base for which users, and stockholders, decided to trust Google early on. -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 the internet has evolved in the last 20 years as we all (Google, Googlers, and public society including other tech companies) aged (and learnt, and grew), and our roles shifted in the wider socioeconomic context. +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, and public society including other tech companies) aged (and learnt, and grew), and our roles shifted in the wider socioeconomic context. # I say, in short: an Agora is what Google could be, maybe