Sergey Brin and Google

Above is an extremely interesting interview between and Israeli tv interviewer and one of the co-founders of Google, Sergey Brin. It might be worth noting, that Brin is also Jewish, which I believe was one catalyst of such and interesting conversation. Firstly, I also would like to point out that the interviewer said that google was bigger than GM, Disney, and McDonalds COMBINED, without physically producing anything. The interviewer also raised some really challenging moral questions, somewhat direct at both of their jewish heritage. The interviewer alluded to the need to filter the results that google's algorithms spit out, because some of the websites were inaccurate (regarding the holocaust), and the interviewer stated that he would feel tempted to rid the search of these results, but Brin, with aplomb, responded that it was Google's duty to give people the unbiased results, it was not Google's responsibility to pass judgement on the site themselves. I found this so interesting because when you think about it, Google is incredibly powerful, and at some point their actions as a company do have legitimize themselves morally. I never believed Google could be possess a multi-faceted and complex ethical issues. Similarly, the interviewer discussed safety with Google Earth, because one can see so much, and this could potentially threaten the safety of some. Brin answers this question, and many others with eloquence, so check out the video, it is defiantly worth a watch!