As Google Goes, So Goes the Nation

Thanks to Jen Young for A NYTimes Article on Google that says Seen from a Google’s eye view, in fact, the Web is less like a piazza than a souk — a jumble of separate spaces, each with its own isolated chatter. The search engines cruise the alleyways to listen in on all of these conversations, locate the people who are talking about the subject we’re interested in, and tell us which of them has earned the most nods from the other confabulators in the room. But just because someone is regarded as a savant in the barbershop doesn’t mean he’ll pass for wise with the people in the other stalls.

May 21, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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