[Aeolun]

> How much arrogance does it take for a bunch of Googlers to assume the belief that they know what is "just" for the rest of the world?

Not very much? Doesn’t everybody think like this in one way or another? I certainly know what is better for the world than the majority of the US.

[caseysoftware]

No, it takes extreme arrogance.

People who look at someone else and think "you should just.." are normal. We all do that.

People who look at the world and say "everyone should just.." are the height of arrogance and epitomize the phrase "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

[Buge]

Is Google saying "everyone should just.."? It sounds like jgunsch's comment is about "what should we (Google) do?". That is, should Google bid on the JEDI military contract, should Google make a censored search product in China.

[luckylion]

> Not very much? Doesn’t everybody think like this in one way or another?

Probably. But lots of people realize they've been wrong before, might be wrong on this occasion, and therefore don't just put their ideas over everybody else's. That's the non-arrogant way to handle that, I guess.