Marissa Mayer: Totally Kidding About That 'Don't Be Evil' Stuff (blog.wired.com)

14 points by gscott 18y ago ↗ HN

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In the end all companies that grow to a certain size turn into the equivalent of psychopaths. There's nothing you can do about it.

weezus 18y ago ↗

Nothing? Sandra Bullock could hack them.

weezus 18y ago ↗

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/

mattjung 18y ago ↗

One reason more to create a startup that sweeps away the colossus ;-)

Goladus 18y ago ↗

Gah another article about this?

Don't be evil simply isn't a mission statement. You can't define a purpose by simply stating a behavior to avoid, especially something as vague as 'evil.'

technoguyrob 18y ago ↗

But then again, when Google first wrote up its corporate philosophy, it said that the company "does not do horoscopes, financial advice or chat."

For "horoscopes", they linked to a Google module by a non-Google developer (californiapsychic.com).