On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:53 PM, <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Indeed they are now more like "Think Not" (we think for you), which is quite >> bad for mental health and ethics. > > Seems that's becooming standard company philosophy... A quote from > Eric Schmidt (Google CEO) on their roadmap: "Most people don't want > Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what > they should be doing next." [NewScientist Sept 18-25, p.19] > (Gentle whimpering...) > > -- Pete -- > People would like to know what could be a good idea for doing next, not what they should. Both 'could' and 'should' come from a more intelligent system but the 'should' comes from the requirement to sell ads.