The submitted article is a bit random, it's from 2013 and primarily links to a version of the project that doesn't work anymore (as far as I can tell). The Google+ links also really make you feel the passage of time.
Thank you for linking to this – before noticing the date, I was initially disappointed to see the gifs were merely canonical examples and assumed the project was new/minor or abandoned.
As caretakers of the most comprehensive world database, Google is in a unique position to enrich the global commons. Projects like these are a universal humanitarian gift. It's unfortunate that such benevolent endeavours exist in the shadow of the irresponsible and widespread degradation of search result quality (with unknown second-order effects on public consciousness) and the panoptical Adsense surveillance super vortex.
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 21.2 ms ] threadThe submitted article is a bit random, it's from 2013 and primarily links to a version of the project that doesn't work anymore (as far as I can tell). The Google+ links also really make you feel the passage of time.
As caretakers of the most comprehensive world database, Google is in a unique position to enrich the global commons. Projects like these are a universal humanitarian gift. It's unfortunate that such benevolent endeavours exist in the shadow of the irresponsible and widespread degradation of search result quality (with unknown second-order effects on public consciousness) and the panoptical Adsense surveillance super vortex.