[RestlessMind]

I have started viewing Google as a miniature SV - a handful of "yugely successful" products, lots of wtf-inducing initiatives, talks about changing the world with a straight face while showing utter lack of imagination...so it is not really surprising that a lot of their initiatives fail, just like a lot of SV startups.

[Axsuul]

Usually it's the most imaginative startups that are more likely to fail since they are often ahead of their time. Google has plenty of moonshot initiatives going for them that are full of imagination.

[heavenlyblue]

Being ahead of your time is not a sign of intelligence; it is a merely a sign of inability to adapt.

The fact that being ahead of one’s time is often associated with misunderstood geniuses has more to do that those geniuses had severe lack of skills outside their brilliance

[jldugger]

> I have started viewing Google as a miniature SV

That's largely how execs describe it to the public, so... yea?