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Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away Quotes: If we don't understand our tools, then there is a danger we will become the tool of our tools. We think of ourselves as Google's customers, but really we're its products.
         

If we don't understand our tools, then there is a danger we will become the tool of our tools. We think of ourselves as Google's customers, but really we're its products.


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