During a Q&A following a rambling conclusion to Google I/O's marathon keynote, Google CEO Larry Page said a few things that hinted at his frustrations with the one platform he can’t seem to find the right interfaces for: government. The Man is killing Page’s buzz and keeping him from finding the answers to the world’s biggest problems.
If only Congress, the White House, and the FCC could just see things his way, he seemed to posit, all of the inefficiencies of regulation and privacy laws and the fear and loathing that come with them would simply disappear. If people would just be more trusting of technology and let Google know everything about them, government and health care and commerce would be immensely more efficient.
But Washington doesn’t seem to be aligning with Page’s desires. So he’s turning to the Google developer community to help him try to push Congress closer to his worldview—a worldview that may be better suited to Burning Man than Washington, DC.
Read 18 remaining paragraphs | CommentsIf only Congress, the White House, and the FCC could just see things his way, he seemed to posit, all of the inefficiencies of regulation and privacy laws and the fear and loathing that come with them would simply disappear. If people would just be more trusting of technology and let Google know everything about them, government and health care and commerce would be immensely more efficient.
But Washington doesn’t seem to be aligning with Page’s desires. So he’s turning to the Google developer community to help him try to push Congress closer to his worldview—a worldview that may be better suited to Burning Man than Washington, DC.
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