Eric Schmidt on the Universalism of the Internet (The Googlization of Everything)

Schmidt on Universalism:

"The most common question I get about Google is 'how is it different everywhere else?' and I am sorry to tell you that it's not. People still care about Britney Spears in these other countries. It's really very disturbing.

"The key insight about my service at Google is that people are the same everywhere."

Schmidt on Free Labor:

"People have a lot of free time. You might as well give them some task like translating your Web site."

Filed under: All the World's Information
Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan, May 13, 2009 3:44 PM

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