[coldtea]

>Many perceivers, for instance, miss the distinction between "Don't be evil." and "Don't do evil.". The former is a mindset, strategy, and intention, while the latter is impossible for a corporation with 50k employees.

No, we perceive the disctinction just fine. Some of us just believe Google does "evil" with mindset, strategy, and intention...

[lucian1900]

I would suggest that those of you that believe that are deluded.

What possible motivation could they have for being "evil", comic book style?

[MichaelGG]

No one said anything about comic book style. Google is the one that framed things in terms of evil. Are you saying Google meant it in a tautological way? That is, unless they start killing children or something really evil, it doesn't count?

[coldtea]

Comic-book style? Who said anything about that?

Just greedy capitalist style, and "patriotic" pro-US-interests style.

[DannyBee]

Given that everyone at the top has more money than they know what to do with, what would "greed" have to do with it?

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

Mega-laffo if you think that the super-rich don't want to become ultra-rich.

[WorldWideWayne]

You don't think they're a front company for the NSA?

What possible motivation does anyone have for doing evil?

[lucian1900]

> You don't think they're a front company for the NSA?

No, I don't. the NSA isn't magic or the Illuminati.

[WorldWideWayne]

Don't be silly. The probability that the NSA works through Google doesn't hinge on magic or the Illuminati at all.

It's quite common that intelligence agencies use front companies to do their work. Look it up.

[chc]

You're suggesting that a scrappy startup in a field everybody else wrote off which eventually grew to be one of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley was actually just a front and not a real business the whole time? That strains credulity — really far.

[WorldWideWayne]

Ever heard of Operation Mockingbird? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird