"Googled": Corey Doctorow on the all-pervading Google

Cory Doctorow wrote for Radar magazine a story about what will happen if Google continues to grow into modern society, and due to its efficiency, it will not only perform “service”, but also government functions. Under an outsourcing contract. Or in a joint contract with the company Halliburton , for example.

The scenario would have seemed too dystopic five years ago, but it no longer looks fantastic now, when closer with each passing day the realization of the goal of the well-known “information company” and its mission to make “all information accessible to all.”
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It seems that "all" information is much more than we imagined, and most of it should not be accessible to all. Changes in society in connection with such a concern for Google are dragging us with many questions and assumptions. For example, that all of humanity is still alive due to the fact that people diligently concealed from each other almost all the information about the past, present and plans for the future. Or about how full transparency changes the concepts of economics, reputation and how it affects the choice.

Read the translation , and share your views: “ Vyguglen ” (by Cory Doctorow, translated by Ruslan Grokhovetsky with the participation of accompanying persons.)

Original: “ Scroogled ” (on the website of the “Radar” magazine)