Thoughts on the Book

So I finally finished the book.

Google Today and Tomorrow
This Chapter just went over some things that have been happening recently and some of their plans

Perfect Search
Battelle gives his thoughts on the idea of perfect search. He talks about a world where everything is tagged as completely as possible to make it realistic for us to search for stuff and recieve every possible answer out there.
Discussion Question: What do you think about a world where every single thing, your keys, and kids location, is searchable on Google?

In the very final chapter, written in retrospect, Battelle discusses the governments demand for an entire report on Google's index of porn, and they refused.
Discussion Question: Who is ultimatly responsible/ the owner of the Internet?

Overall I hated the beginning and loved the end. Its as though they should be two seperate sections. Although the History of Search is interesting in and of itself, I don't think it is essential for the second half of the book.

I think it would be interesting to do some further research into what has changed, where Google is, and where all its competitors are. It was funny to read about things Google was "thinking" about doing. For example Google, during the books time, claimed not to be looking into having its own wireless, but now they are coming out with The Fiber.

~Christina