How Google dominates us

HOW GOOGLE DOMINATES US: The New York Review of Books' James Gleick writes about the company's persistent importance both online and off, reviewing four books by noted authors, including Steven Levy, a writer for Wired magazine. To quote Levy, on the question of the behemoth's sense of ethical duty: "Google professed a sense of moral purity…but it seemed to have a blind spot regarding the consequences of its own technology on privacy and property rights." One good addition to the list of books would have been Ken Auletta's Googled, and David Vice's The Google Story, although both books are probably too old to be considered.