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What lies in our power not to do - 4/27/2006 12:11:00 PM

Recently it seems like messages from Google are oddly targeted. Just as I finished posting virtual protest signs against Google censorship, I played Google's Da Vinci Code game and the solution to the puzzle was one word, "Censorship."

Earlier this week I responded to Henry Blodget's thread about Google censorship alternatives, saying that Google's hands aren't tied, they really do have a choice in this. They can choose not to build a massive and efficient censorship system -- though they would pay a price in having google.com occasionally blocked and often slow for Chinese users.

So it was curious today when a Gmail Webclip appeared, quoting Aristotle:

Aristotle - What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Yes, there always is a choice. And isn't that the whole point of the Don't Be Evil ethic after all? Choosing to forgo the obviously wrong path even when it yields benefits in the short term?

Is 'censorship' the solution? - 4/24/2006 05:40:00 PM

Google's Da Vinci Code puzzle #8 is puzzling on another level -- the solution to the puzzle is the word "censorship".

With all the angst Google went through deciding to implement a massive censorship program in China, would Google intentionally trivialize censorship as the answer to this fun puzzle game? Or was this an Easter egg of sorts by the team that designed the game?

Or maybe it's a riff on the widespread censorship of the Da Vinci Code book itself?

Interestingly (ironically?) the Da Vinci Code movie was approved for release in China on May 19 along with the rest of the world.

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