As the saying goes, opinions are like assholes; everyone has one. But not Google's executive suite these days. When Google restructured itself as the "Alphabet" holding company, the visionary IoT and science projects were moved out of Google division, and Indian-born Sundar Pichai was named CEO of the core Google company which handles search, Android, YouTube, and all the other high-volume IT stuff. And that's a good thing, according to a couple ex-Googlers interviewed by Re/code: "All the assholes have left" ; Pichai apparently has a rare blend of hard and soft skills.
At Google, this guy has moved upstairs. And apparently having a CEO who was a brilliant entrepreneur but also a complete jerk was hardly unique to Google, Steve Jobs being the canonical example among tech CEOs. We've recently learned about the way Jeff Bezos runs Amazon. An obvious question from these examples is, can an ambitious tech company rule the universe without being run by assholes?
(Score: 1) by termigator on Monday October 26 2015, @11:44PM
Advertising does work. Almost everyone will say they are not affected by ads, but they are. Yes, there are those that are very critical and not easily influenced by marketing and advertising, but for the vast majority, advertising does influence the products and services they choose.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=effects+of+advertising&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart [google.com]
Where the real debate is what is most effective for the cost, and the answer likely varies on what is being sold. What works for cereal is different for what works for political candidate, maybe ;)