In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy,
a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion. Into this creative chaos
came Google with its dazzling mission..To organize the world.s information and make
it universally accessible..and its much-quoted motto, .Don.t be Evil.. In this
provocative book, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used and embraced
Google.and the growing resistance to its expansion across the globe. He exposes
the dark side of our Google fantasies, raising red flags about issues of intellectual
property and the much-touted Google Book Search. He assesses Google.s global impact,
particularly in China, and explains the insidious effect of Googlization on the way
we think. Finally, Vaidhyanathan proposes the construction of an Internet ecosystem
designed to benefit the whole world and keep one brilliant and powerful company from
falling into the .evil. it pledged to avoid.

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