There was once a house in a Nantucket, they tried to save sand by the bucket, the ocean and sea, would not let it be, so they tried sell and say muck it
There was once a house in a Nantucket, they tried to save sand by the bucket, the ocean and sea, would not let it be, so they tried sell and say muck it
Just listened to it again. Highly recommend. The short of it is more searches == more ads == more $. There’s a conflict between a great search experience (landing not on google) versus the time you spend ON Google.
Great story and just terrible outcome.
The closest I ever got to this story was working help desk in 1996. A user called up saying they had deleted the Internet.
Took me a while to understand he dragged “the Internet” to the recycle bin on the desktop.
Bring that to your department chair and ask if they can help sponsor the trip. It’s a big deal and something the department would be proud of.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1100064032/deliberate-indifference
It’s definitely there because of the same politics.
ADHD and easier to type a url than open a new tab. People that can maintain a curated tab list… I wish my brain would allow it.
Once a day I close browsers to make sure there’s not some work item I forgot to hit post on.