Final paragraphs of a review of Steven Levy’s new book, which will be published next week
It is in its final chapters – dealing with Google’s struggles to keep up with the shifting and often contradictory expectations of online privacy, its agonising over China and its internal efforts to catch up with Facebook – that In the Plex breaks out of history to give a more nuanced account.
With the hugely ambitious Page taking over this week as CEO, it also serves as a timely reminder of the outsized advances – or hubristic episodes of over-reach – that undoubtedly lie ahead.
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