New York Times' columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Friedman spent an hour chatting with Google CEO Eric Schmidt this morning at the Personal Democracy Forum (PDF.)
It was a casual conversation, and one of the most striking images that stayed in my mind was Schmidt's account of his own job interview with Google's founders, who had apparently data mined information about him, and projected the search results onto the wall as the interview commenced. The general point being made was Google's power to shape people's reputation, and how it will play out in general (unrelated) political processes.
Read more: Wired.com
Labels: CEO, Eric Schmidt, interview, political
