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Where in the World Is Larry Page?

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Re: Where in the World Is Larry Page?

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Post by yuhong »

godzillabrennus wrote: post #64
agoodthrowaway wrote: post #56

From a PR point of view Google has handled this whole privacy debacle very well. By keeping a very low profile on privacy, they’ve made sure Facebook takes the heat. Facebook’s horrendous management of the issue has also allowed Google to slide under the radar on the topic. Generally I think Page is doing the right thing by keeping a low public profile.

Google didn’t play as fast and loose with sharing data as Facebook did. That helps.

It happens that I was working on the essay right as Cambridge Analytica was hitting the news.

Re: Where in the World Is Larry Page?

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Post by bobdole123456 »

dibstern wrote: post #80

I don’t understand people on here complaining about the Senate demanding that the leaders of a business answer for its actions. Sending your lawyer or an underling is (1) a show of disrespect, (2) it shows you’re not taking responsibility for your company, and (3) when the person answering the questions isn’t really in charge, they can’t answer properly and they can’t commit their companies to behaving differently. P…

I’d say google learned from Gates and Zuckerberg getting grandstanded at.

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Post by closetCS »

I don't see why this would be smart move for Google/Larry Page at all. If He goes, either he will fail, which would be disaster similar to Facebook for Google, or he will come out clean, which wouldn't change anything. The majority are still going to use google products regardless of public image, so not going best maintains that image.

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Post by remir »

ThomPete wrote: post #150

This is why I more or less stopped reading or watching the news. If something is important I will find out. If I want to understand the world better I will either read a book about a given subject, ask someone who knows something, explore it on my own or debate it with someone who holds the opposite view of me. News especially these days is mostly sensationalist gossip made by people who's primary incentives is to ge…

You know what? You just made me realize that I would be willing to pay for a "news" site that strive to be objective and explain important subjects and events intelligently. No click bait, no emotional masturbation, no BS articles that reads like a novel, no puff pieces, no "story-driven journalism".

In other words, no noise. Only signal.

Re: Where in the World Is Larry Page?

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Post by la6470 »

dibstern wrote: post #80

I don’t understand people on here complaining about the Senate demanding that the leaders of a business answer for its actions. Sending your lawyer or an underling is (1) a show of disrespect, (2) it shows you’re not taking responsibility for your company, and (3) when the person answering the questions isn’t really in charge, they can’t answer properly and they can’t commit their companies to behaving differently. P…

Respect???? Hah

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Post by archagon »

dibstern wrote: post #80

I don’t understand people on here complaining about the Senate demanding that the leaders of a business answer for its actions. Sending your lawyer or an underling is (1) a show of disrespect, (2) it shows you’re not taking responsibility for your company, and (3) when the person answering the questions isn’t really in charge, they can’t answer properly and they can’t commit their companies to behaving differently. P…

It's a crap double standard that people fall over themselves to explain how CEOs deserve to get paid 1000x their employees because of how deeply and personally accountable they are for the success and behavior of their companies—yet shrug when they clearly eschew this role under a bit of pressure.

If you get paid the big bucks, you'd better be ready to face the music.

Re: Where in the World Is Larry Page?

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Post by majani »

dibstern wrote: post #80

I don’t understand people on here complaining about the Senate demanding that the leaders of a business answer for its actions. Sending your lawyer or an underling is (1) a show of disrespect, (2) it shows you’re not taking responsibility for your company, and (3) when the person answering the questions isn’t really in charge, they can’t answer properly and they can’t commit their companies to behaving differently. P…

Google takes HN extremely seriously. They frequently respond quickly respond to complaints that make the front page. Given that it's not unreasonable to think that there are loads of Google employees on here looking to defend the company

Re: Where in the World Is Larry Page?

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Post by seatdrummer »

eutropia wrote: post #140
Jerry2 wrote: post #136

Larry Page probably didn't attend the Senate hearings because he knew that this video was going to get leaked: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/12/leaked-video-googl... He would have been grilled for hours over it.

At the risk of sounding partisan, why should I trust a breitbart dot com link?

its just an unedited video. Just watch it if you care at all.
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