Vice President, News, Google
Joined November 2007
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๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. Free speech has never been freer or farther reaching. Humanity has never been more connected. And yet itโs hard not to feel a bit queasy. We need to go beyond the memes and ask the hard questions.
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"๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐." Yup, that was me. It happened back in the shadow of 9/11. All my rants and musings about the evolution of media are now on Substack. Do subscribe. It's free. bit.ly/4lWFcqG
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ. On the paradox of free expression and its challenging impact on effective democracies.
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We versus They. How do we address polarization in our societies? It's not a new problem to our world, but I expect it will take some new answers.
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My speech to the WAN-IFRA General Assembly in Taiwain on the emergence of AI, the considering of Internet policy, and the challenge of irrelevance. link.medium.com/pRtSWA14eBb
On Free Expression in Our Digital World. Last week's speech at the Computer History Museum Tech-X event. I speak to the evolution of free expression and the paradoxical challenges presented to us in seeking to address the challenges we face. (video) link.medium.com/a5h5drcnXAb
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ? The largest producer of beef in CA. A drone shoot on Sunday. As many as 100k head at the Harris Ranch feed lot. The smell whacks you driving on rte 5 This is where our burgers come from, whether you love them or not (I do).
youtu.be/tkaSlBsopfk
What are the questions we need to answer in evolving the future of news? My observations at ISOJ in Austin. #isoj2022 #futureofnews
link.medium.com/1OhdE8wbXob
How I became the Queen's limo driver? Tesla's Safety Score and (my) human behavior. link.medium.com/bLPPMAPP2kb
Dick Tofel has a thoughtful take on why "celebrating the power of print can be a mistake". Worth the read. bit.ly/3cM7ty0
Why predicting the future can be so dangerous. A short rumination on past forays into the future. richardgingras.medium.com/whโฆ
Given the enormous range of publishers on the web, this benefits large existing publishers at the expense of both smaller publishers and newer voices in journalism. Now is not the time to stifle innovation and reduce access to a broad range of voices.
@iksnyrk there is no review process. we use our standard principled ranking in .surfacing results
#Caltrain down from Millbrae to Hillsdale due to fatality. Cabbing with 2 others from SF to Mt View.
Southbound #Caltrain service no longer suspended. My train is moving and now at Hayward Park. Hope it's not blocked at Palo Alto still.