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marjaerwinhttp://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/16/new_book_explains_how_google_has_taken_over_knowledge_and_learning
... but how would it be any saner to give that power to government-run replacements, who would use that power to control our access to knowledge, who would use that to share their news and suppress opposing news, and who would have a chilling effect on what people are willing to look up.
*double facepalm*
... Oh, it will encourage people to participate incivic life corruption because it will put knowledge in the democratic oligarchical sphere...
*feet as well as hands*
... but how would it be any saner to give that power to government-run replacements, who would use that power to control our access to knowledge, who would use that to share their news and suppress opposing news, and who would have a chilling effect on what people are willing to look up.
*double facepalm*
... Oh, it will encourage people to participate in
*feet as well as hands*
