total.pardo

my subject SHOULD be the title for google’s latest attempt at “do no evil”

fts:

http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html

google’s altruistic claim:

In the midst of this, new studies are reinforcing the simple wisdom that beyond a certain very basic level of material wealth, the only thing that increases individual happiness over time is helping other people.

yeah.

when your coffers are 10^100 in USD, you can say things like this and make the average lemming think you are trying to do good.

best to call it Project 10^ZERO.

maybe the tagline should be this:

“our overpaid, overfed, over benefitted, game playing employees are fresh out of ideas. sergi and i thought, ‘gee, maybe we can use the long tail and crowd-source our work?’ heck, why not - we have been giving away all this average free shit for years now. let us let the fools who unwittingly give us their data and habits carry some of the load. BRILLIANT!”

Q: What do I get if my idea is chosen? A: You get good karma and the satisfaction of knowing that your idea might truly help a lot of people.

i see willy wonka in my mind’s eye admonishing Grandpa Joe - “you get *NOTHING*! You lose! Good day sir!”

ol’gramp’s response is how i feel about google’s attempt at altruism: “You’re a crook. You’re a cheat and a swindler! That’s what you are! ”

its all there, black and white…its just unmitigated gall.

am i becoming a cynical close minded fool?

in the midst of what is going on in the world today?

you betchya.

take some time out to read this article from RWW:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_google_spreading_itself_too.php

see what you think - do your own thinking.