tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7282941713488034864..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Power of Search EnginesJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-42090514678824083292019-10-08T14:42:14.779-04:002019-10-08T14:42:14.779-04:00I'd welcome "Some fresh newcomer arrives ... I'd welcome "Some fresh newcomer arrives and boldly shakes up the status quo", whatever he does afterwards.Mário R. Gonçalveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663310362534590729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-32354353980262319962019-10-08T12:29:23.774-04:002019-10-08T12:29:23.774-04:00"It's time for one of those tech geniuses...<i>"It's time for one of those tech geniuses to step up and give us something truly different."</i><br /><br />John, you're ignoring the simple fact that "tech geniuses" are either Capitalists out to make profits, or they're beholden to such people. We live in a society where a good idea that isn't maximally profitable will rarely, if even, come to fruition.<br /><br />Google was itself a creation of "tech geniuses" who stepped up and gave us something truly different from prior search engines. And then once they found their great commercial success, they realized their newfound wealth gave them incredible power. And with that newfound power came slow, inevitable corruption.<br /><br />It's a cycle that happens over and over, in every industry. Some fresh newcomer arrives and boldly shakes up the status quo, only to inevitably become the new status quo and come to embody all the flaws or evils they once decried.<br /><br />Look at the automotive industry. Look at the news media. Look at cinema, music, television, art, etc. Time and again, the same cycle repeats itself.<br /><br />And it will always repeat itself, so long as the primary force that drives our choices as a society is profitability and consumption.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-35662914290690791582019-10-08T11:39:32.627-04:002019-10-08T11:39:32.627-04:00duckduckgo?duckduckgo?szopenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234132446740838968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-8239911719840395182019-10-08T08:54:18.966-04:002019-10-08T08:54:18.966-04:00Exactly. Bing or Qwant might be either better or d...Exactly. Bing or Qwant might be either better or different: they are just poorish standard.Mário R. Gonçalveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663310362534590729noreply@blogger.com