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Googled by Ken Auletta — WisdomDeck honest review
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Googled

by Ken Auletta

Google's rise and its collision with media industries, by a veteran journalist with inside access. The best account of the company's first decade and its blind spots.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Engineers' blind spots are strategic.
  2. Disruption has victims.
  3. Data was the moat.

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Google, observed.

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