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In the Plex How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

Steven Levy

Written with full cooperation from top management, including cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, this is the inside story behind Google, the most successful and most admired technology company of our time, told by one of our best technology writers. Few companies in history have ever been as suc...

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Freakonomics Radio

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Freakonomics Radio

The book "In the Plex" by Steven Levy was mentioned as a resource and discusses Google's inner workings and its impact on people's lives. The book explores the company's culture, decision-making processes, and how it shapes the way we access and use information.

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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, by Steven Levy (2011).

— Episode: Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)

Episode: Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)

The book "In the Plex" by Steven Levy was mentioned as a resource and discusses Google's inner workings and its impact on people's lives. The book explores the company's culture, decision-making processes, and how it shapes the way we access and use information.

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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, by Steven Levy (2011).

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

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The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

It was mentioned in relation to Google's history, particularly concerning the company's struggles with balancing its principles against profit, and included specific examples where Google arguably acted against its own 'Don't be evil' motto.

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Stephen Levy used the phrase as a thematic touchstone in his history of the company, the book in the Plex.

— Episode: No Mercy / No Malice: Mammon

Episode: No Mercy / No Malice: Mammon

It was mentioned in relation to Google's history, particularly concerning the company's struggles with balancing its principles against profit, and included specific examples where Google arguably acted against its own 'Don't be evil' motto.

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Stephen Levy used the phrase as a thematic touchstone in his history of the company, the book in the Plex.

The book highlights the crisis the company faced balancing principles against profit over and over. It asked itself, is this evil and shows evil building its own browser page 210 tracking users to sell ads 338 building AI for weapons 405 and most famously agreeing to censor search results on behalf of the Chinese government.

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