So I haven’t written in this space in about a month, and don’t plan on writing anything substantial for another week or two. Sorry for the inactivity, but I just started a new job and haven’t been able to commit to anything.
My new job is in Search Engine Optimization, and I’ve been learning way too much to digest all at once. Please stay tuned, because all of this is providing a lot of ideas for future posts, notably how the architecture of Google affects how we learn about our world as individuals and as a society.
(Spoiler alert: hypothetical access to limitless information is not the same thing as a ‘marketplace of information’. In other words, I have a much clearer idea of what this whole project has basically been about).
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I am very interested in seeing this topic develop
Congratulations on a new job.
I learned something about Google recently when debating whether or not to sign up for a Google Voice account. That Goog-411 free service is basically a way to gather thousands of voice samples to use for voice recognition and transcription. Very clever.
I’m glad that you brought this to our attention. I don’t know how I feel about what you’re suggesting, but I hope to think about it for some time.