I am going to start to track this. A number of statements Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, has said recently that are just dumb. For example, this one: Google CEO Suggests You Change Your Name to Escape His Permanent Record. Yes folks, Google shouldn’t have to change anything. The onus is on YOU to change your name to make a break from your past. I don’t even feel like arguing this, it is such a dumb idea.
Here’s my prediction: Eric Schmidt will be out of a job in three years, and Google will be on the decline. But in the meantime, if you feel like talking his ideas seriously, by all means go to this article.
I think Schmidt should focus on other things, like why Google, which apparently has all these smart people with lots of spare time to come up with new ideas, keep coming out with such duds instead.
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