Ed Zitron

Gomes, who was a critical part of the original team that made Google Search work, who has been credited with establishing the culture of the world's largest and most important search engine, was chased out by a growth-hungry managerial type. Several of them, actually, led by Prabhakar Raghavan, a management consultant wearing an engineer costume.

Gomes, who was a critical part of the original team that made Google Search work, who has been credited with establishing the culture of the world's largest and most important search engine, was chased out by a growth-hungry managerial type. Several of them, actually, led by Prabhakar Raghavan, a management consultant wearing an engineer costume.

Gomes, who was a critical part of the original team that made Google Search work, who has been credited with establishing the culture of the world's largest and most important search engine, was chased out by a growth-hungry managerial type. Several of them, actually, led by Prabhakar Raghavan, a management consultant wearing an engineer costume.

As a side note, by the way, I use the term management consultant there as a pejorative. While he exhibits all the same bean-counting, morally unguided behaviors of a management consultant, from what I can tell, Raghavan has never actually worked in that particular sector of the economy. But you know who has?

As a side note, by the way, I use the term management consultant there as a pejorative. While he exhibits all the same bean-counting, morally unguided behaviors of a management consultant, from what I can tell, Raghavan has never actually worked in that particular sector of the economy. But you know who has?

As a side note, by the way, I use the term management consultant there as a pejorative. While he exhibits all the same bean-counting, morally unguided behaviors of a management consultant, from what I can tell, Raghavan has never actually worked in that particular sector of the economy. But you know who has?

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, who previously worked at McKinsey, arguably the most morally abhorrent company that's ever existed, having played roles both in the 2008 financial crisis, where it encouraged banks to load up on debt and flawed mortgage-backed securities, and the ongoing opioid crisis, where it effectively advised Purdue Pharma on how to growth-hack sales of OxyContin, an extremely addictive painkiller.

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, who previously worked at McKinsey, arguably the most morally abhorrent company that's ever existed, having played roles both in the 2008 financial crisis, where it encouraged banks to load up on debt and flawed mortgage-backed securities, and the ongoing opioid crisis, where it effectively advised Purdue Pharma on how to growth-hack sales of OxyContin, an extremely addictive painkiller.

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, who previously worked at McKinsey, arguably the most morally abhorrent company that's ever existed, having played roles both in the 2008 financial crisis, where it encouraged banks to load up on debt and flawed mortgage-backed securities, and the ongoing opioid crisis, where it effectively advised Purdue Pharma on how to growth-hack sales of OxyContin, an extremely addictive painkiller.

McKinsey has paid nearly $1 billion over several settlements due to its work with Purdue. But I'm getting sidetracked. But one last point. McKinsey is actively anti-labor. When a company brings in a McKinsey consultant, they're often there to advise on how to cut costs, which inevitably means layoffs and outsourcing. McKinsey is to the middle class what flesh-eating bacteria is to your skin.

McKinsey has paid nearly $1 billion over several settlements due to its work with Purdue. But I'm getting sidetracked. But one last point. McKinsey is actively anti-labor. When a company brings in a McKinsey consultant, they're often there to advise on how to cut costs, which inevitably means layoffs and outsourcing. McKinsey is to the middle class what flesh-eating bacteria is to your skin.

McKinsey has paid nearly $1 billion over several settlements due to its work with Purdue. But I'm getting sidetracked. But one last point. McKinsey is actively anti-labor. When a company brings in a McKinsey consultant, they're often there to advise on how to cut costs, which inevitably means layoffs and outsourcing. McKinsey is to the middle class what flesh-eating bacteria is to your skin.

But back to the emails, which are a stark example of the monstrous, disgusting rot economy, the growth at all costs mindset that's dominating the tech ecosystem. And if you take one thing away from this episode, I want it to be the name Prabhakar Raghavan and an understanding that there are people responsible for the current state of the internet.

But back to the emails, which are a stark example of the monstrous, disgusting rot economy, the growth at all costs mindset that's dominating the tech ecosystem. And if you take one thing away from this episode, I want it to be the name Prabhakar Raghavan and an understanding that there are people responsible for the current state of the internet.

But back to the emails, which are a stark example of the monstrous, disgusting rot economy, the growth at all costs mindset that's dominating the tech ecosystem. And if you take one thing away from this episode, I want it to be the name Prabhakar Raghavan and an understanding that there are people responsible for the current state of the internet.

These emails, which I really encourage you to look up, and if you go to wheresyoured.at, you'll be able to see a newsletter that has links to them, Well, these emails tell a dramatic story about how Google's finance and advertising teams, led by Raghavan with the blessing of CEO Sundar Pichai, the McKinsey guy, actively work to make Google worse to make the company more money.

These emails, which I really encourage you to look up, and if you go to wheresyoured.at, you'll be able to see a newsletter that has links to them, Well, these emails tell a dramatic story about how Google's finance and advertising teams, led by Raghavan with the blessing of CEO Sundar Pichai, the McKinsey guy, actively work to make Google worse to make the company more money.

These emails, which I really encourage you to look up, and if you go to wheresyoured.at, you'll be able to see a newsletter that has links to them, Well, these emails tell a dramatic story about how Google's finance and advertising teams, led by Raghavan with the blessing of CEO Sundar Pichai, the McKinsey guy, actively work to make Google worse to make the company more money.

This is exactly what I mean when I talk about the economy, an illogical product-destroying mindset that turns products you love into torturous, frustrating quasi-tools that require you to fight the company to get the thing you want. Ben Gomes was instrumental in making search work, both as a product and a business.

This is exactly what I mean when I talk about the economy, an illogical product-destroying mindset that turns products you love into torturous, frustrating quasi-tools that require you to fight the company to get the thing you want. Ben Gomes was instrumental in making search work, both as a product and a business.