Amazon exposé shows how little tech has changed the landscape
by David Holmes from Technology | The Guardian on (#HQSG)
Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google's well-intentioned capitalism has begun to resemble the ruthless corporatism more commonly associated with Wall Street
Early in Google's history, an executive suggested that the firm adopt the slogan "Don't Be Evil." It was more than a motto; it was a mission statement for the new "masters of the universe", as Tom Wolfe described Wall Street over a decade earlier - a group of geeks stationed 3,000 miles away from New York's corporate excess and malfeasance.
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