Ten Things We Know to Be True #7:

Ten Things We Know to Be True #7:

http://www.google.com/about/company/philosophy/

There's Always More Information Out There

Expanding on some notions discussed last week in class, it is one of Google's missions to make all possible forms of information and data accessible to any user, at anytime, at any place, in any language within the world. Ideally, they would like to see a categorized network of information that is accessible through their always-expanding search engine because, in their eyes it is better to know everything than be ignorant.

This has its perks and it's downfalls, obviously.

I'm not sure whether to categorize my opinions on technology as optimistic or pessimistic in terms of viewpoints, but this notion takes the cake for me. Personally, I don't think I'd feel comfortable living in a world where everyone has access to everything, meaning any piece of information about someone at any given time. Sure, this would lead to an enhancement of community as hinted in today's Facebook commercial, given the fact your friends, your family, people you don't even know, would have access to everything about your personal life. Yes, people you don't even know. That's the part where the rainbows dissipate and the clouds clear. The idea that my private life, as Bellah puts it, could be compromised with the click of a mouse scares (pardon my French) the living shit out of me. There are just some things in this world that people do not need to have access to, whether it be private or public affairs. The idealism rings true to me, and deep down I wish I could trust any person with this sort of power. But frankly I haven't reached that point yet, and I'm not sure if I will.