Our Reliance on Google is Utterly Absurd

Google has not always been here. And Google will not always be here.

For an entire hour on December 14th, 2020, Google services stopped working. Think about it- Google makes up a good chunk of the internet and how we live. How have we arrived at this moment of pure ignorance when it comes to understanding Big Tech’s dominance over our lives? Have we arrived at this understanding? Will we in due time? Or ever, for that matter?

2020 ushered in a new chapter of our technological selves. Working and schooling from home removed the burden of our physical selves but allowed for (arguably way too quickly) an allowance of a form of communication that is not properly understood by the public at large.

We must fight for an understanding of future implications. We do not know what will happen to this data that we so willingly provide in exchange for a “free service.” A free service, I must add, that we were fine without.