Google, the Khmer Rouge and the Public Good - February 6, 2006

February 9, 2006 by admin | No comments

This may well be the most important thing Mary Sue Coleman does during her tenure as President of the University of Michigan.

Google, the Khmer Rouge and the Public Good - February 6, 2006
Google Book Search is the most revolutionary enterprise I’ve ever experienced. It has the potential to transform the flow of knowledge, and there is no greater gesture a university can make.

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That means the public good of education.

It means taking advantage of the latest technology and our lawful rights as book owners.

It means stepping up, looking forward, and saying: “Let’s do it.”

Google Book Search, with the books of the University of Michigan, makes all that possible—it takes the corpus of human knowledge and puts it in the hands of anyone who wants it.

It can, and will, change the world, and I want the University of Michigan to be part of it.

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