{"id":12491,"date":"2012-03-01T18:25:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T23:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:17:24","slug":"its-official-google-is-better-than-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/its-official-google-is-better-than-us\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Official: Google is Better Than Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/682306\/inside-further-future-silicon-valleys-ultra-exclusive-response-to-the-burning-man-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109680\" title=\"It's Official: Google is Better Than Us\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-schmidt.jpg?resize=84%2C84&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"It's Official: Google is Better Than Us\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-schmidt.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-schmidt.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-schmidt.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"www.businessinsider.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BusnessInsdier&#8217;s<\/a><\/em> <a title=\"Matt Rosoff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/author\/matt-rosoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Rosoff<\/a> <a title=\"www.businessinsider.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/eric-schmidt-we-dont-talk-about-occupy-wall-street-in-the-valley-because-we-dont-have-those-problems-2011-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> that\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Google\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a><\/strong> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : GOOG\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-GOOG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOOG<\/a>) Executive Chairman <a title=\"www.crunchbase.com\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211005021231\/https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/eric-schmidt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Schmidt<\/a> says that people in <a title=\"Silicon Valley\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=37.37,-122.04&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=37.37,-122.04%20%28Silicon%20Valley%29&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">Silicon Valley<\/a> <strong>don&#8217;t talk about the concerns of the 99% because a lot of them are immune to those concerns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230930052905\/https:\/\/www.trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com\/2014\/07\/are-concurrent-damages-a-good-idea-for-copyright-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109675 size-thumbnail alignright\" title=\"It's Official: GOOG Better Than Us\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/money_bag_mister-1.jpg?resize=59%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"It's Official: GOOG Better Than Us\" width=\"59\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/money_bag_mister-1.jpg?resize=59%2C75&amp;ssl=1 59w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/money_bag_mister-1.jpg?resize=117%2C150&amp;ssl=1 117w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/money_bag_mister-1.jpg?w=314&amp;ssl=1 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 59px) 100vw, 59px\" \/><\/a>CEO Schmidt <a title=\"www.businessweek.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/its-always-sunny-in-silicon-valley-12222011.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> <a title=\"Brad Stone\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120313112238\/http:\/\/www.businessweek.com:80\/bios\/brad-stone-411.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Stone<\/a> at <em><a title=\"Bloomberg Businessweek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">BusinessWeek<\/a><\/em>, &#8220;<em><a title=\"Occupy Wall Street\" href=\"http:\/\/occupywallst.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Occupy Wall Street<\/a> isn\u2019t really something that comes up in daily discussion because their issues are<strong> not our daily reality<\/strong>.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also said &#8220;<em>We live in a bubble, and I don\u2019t mean a tech bubble or a valuation bubble. I mean a bubble as <strong>in our own little world<\/strong>&#8230;.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Maybe GOOG should think about how statements like this look to the 99%.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-16\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_16\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_16_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"981801a0bd\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"16\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Do you think Google is concerned about what the public thinks?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-16-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-45\" name=\"poll_16\" value=\"45\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-45\">Yes<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-46\" name=\"poll_16\" value=\"46\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-46\">No<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(16);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(16);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(16); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(16); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-16-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tech.slashdot.org\/story\/11\/12\/24\/1242224\/why-the-occupy-movement-skipped-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why the Occupy Movement Skipped Silicon Valley<\/a> (tech.slashdot.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120301194133\/http:\/\/moconews.net:80\/article\/419-googles-schmidt-preaches-tech-utopia-to-the-choir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google&#8217;s Schmidt Preaches Tech Utopia To The Choir<\/a> (moconews.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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