tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815640431651173676.post5331896080896539309..comments2024-01-01T23:38:31.538+00:00Comments on Faster Future: Possibilities now and beyond: Don't be evil. The Google Bad-o-meterDavid Cushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626601471173841299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815640431651173676.post-84050758254510349852008-04-19T21:19:00.000+01:002008-04-19T21:19:00.000+01:00I'm not sure that they exactly chose "don't be evi...I'm not sure that they exactly <I>chose</I> "don't be evil". Accounts of its origins tend to include the phrase "it just kind of stuck". Anyway, I think that it offers far more direction - in this case "good" isn't quite the opposite of "evil". It was about "evil" in the sense that people say Microsoft is evil. Everyone at Google already knew what they <I>did</I> want to do ("Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.") This was about reminding them what to avoid along the way.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470833006574237098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815640431651173676.post-72528033242694196382008-04-16T10:21:00.000+01:002008-04-16T10:21:00.000+01:00Absolutely. Makes you wonder why they didn't choos...Absolutely. Makes you wonder why they didn't choose that as a directive doesn't it? Too restrictive perhaps? What does that say about the way they feel they have to go about doing business? Probably not as much as we're reading into it. But the positive message would be both better pr and offer more direction to teams.David Cushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626601471173841299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815640431651173676.post-59561438391601592252008-04-16T09:07:00.000+01:002008-04-16T09:07:00.000+01:00I agree.. too much negative words in that motto. H...I agree.. too much negative words in that motto. How about "Do good."? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com