The "Be good" concept also comes up when we design our products. We want them to have positive social effects.
Larry PageLots of companies donโt succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future. I try to focus on that: What is the future really going to be? And how do we create it? And how do we power our organization to really focus on that and really drive it at a high rate? When I was working on Android, I felt guilty. It wasnโt what we were working on, it was a start-up, and I felt guilty. That was stupid! It was the future.
Larry PageThe 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.
Larry PageIf 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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