Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Problems’

Re:Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Probl... by SquishyPanda23 on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:34PM (#18408625)

I'm not sure. He's specifically saying technology can't achieve idealistic goals, even with careful and strategic thinking.

It requires "humanity" to achieve those goals. So if idealistic goals aren't achieved, it's not because Google did the wrong thing, it's because Google's users didn't do the right thing.

So it's a diversion of responsibility away from Google, which frees them to take a less vision-directed and more financially-directed approach.

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Re:Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Probl... by yourbandsucks on Thursday November 08, 2018 @08:09PM (#18411620)

Well, you're right that he's a CEO and of course any communication has been carefully calculated.

But that doesn't mean that he's an empty vessel. It sounds like he's thinking about it and trying to weigh upsides against downsides, even if Google would be disproportionately blamed for the downsides.

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