Don't be evil- apparently people like it better than "Be good". by Larry Page

Don't be evil- apparently people like it better than "Be good".

Larry Page

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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.

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I really like using my Samsung (005930:KS) tablet. I previously used the Motorola Xoom for a while and liked that.

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For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security.

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If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.

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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.

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If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.

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Part of our brand is that we're pretty understated in what we do. If you look at other technology companies, they might preannounce things, and it will be a couple years before they really happen, and they don't happen in the way they said they would.

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We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, i... by Larry Page

We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool.

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If you can run the company a bit more collaboratively, you get a better result, because you have more bandwidth and checking and balancing going on.

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The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.

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...It's important to distinguish between "worry versus harm" when... by Larry Page

...It's important to distinguish between "worry versus harm" when it came to privacy online.

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As we transition from one screen to multiscreens, Google has enormous opportunities to innovate and drive ever higher monetization. Just like Search in 2000.

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We are excited about Internet access in general. With better access to the Internet, people do more searches.

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We should be focusing on building things that do not exist. by Larry Page

We should be focusing on building things that do not exist.

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Serving our end users is at the heart of what we do and remains o... by Larry Page

Serving our end users is at the heart of what we do and remains our number one priority.

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Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become... by Larry Page

Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.

Since 2001, Eric has provided us with business and engineering expertise and a clear vision about the future of technology, continuing his 17 years of service to the company, he’ll now be helping us as a technical advisor on science and technology issues. I’m incredibly excited about the progress our companies are making, and about the strong leaders who are driving that innovation.

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This new structure will allow us to keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities we have inside of Google.

I like going to Burning Man, for example. An environment where people can try new things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society. What's the effect on people, without having to deploy it to the whole world.

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Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

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