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Big Think is hosted a live event about the future of search technology on February 1, 2011, in San Francisco.

What Is the Promise of Search Technology?

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Malcolm Gladwell pours cold water on the promise of search technology, which he says is fixing many problems “that aren’t really problems.”

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