[lazycog512]

Google HR is on the record doing this.

I guess shutting one's eyes is an alternative way of seeing the real world, in a way.

[AndyNemmity]

You don't need to be uncharitable. I don't work at Google, and am unfamiliar with it's implementation.

It doesn't require "shutting one's eyes". From my vantage point that I see, they are a marketing implementation.

I personally would like them to have real teeth, and matter.

[segasaturn]

Source?