Google, China, and 1984

The Google v. China controversy has missed the point. It should be about The Cloud, and how China’s attack on The Cloud brought us closer to the future presaged in George Orwell’s 1984.

“The Cloud” is where Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other web service companies host, store, and analyze the behavioral, or psychographic, data of their users. It is the new ideal for online businesses, offering cost efficiencies and scalable services for the enormous audiences that Cloud-based businesses have begun to attract.

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