Just Google It

Ah Google, the trusty search Engine that everyone loves to hate. Google has had a huge impact on our world for over a decade now, and most people will even say that it has become the monopoly of search engines. When we do not know an answer to something, the most common phrase that follows the question is, "just google it!" People have fallen into this cycle of relying on one search engine for all of their needs. The question of whether this is good or bad is up for debate, however.

I can confidently say that Google has too much power over our lives. We rely on it for almost everything, putting blind faith in whatever results it musters up for us. While sometimes this reaps benefits, it also reaps havoc when we google something and the results contain a bias. The experiment we did in class on googling "doctor" showed a sea of white male faces staring back at us through the computer screen. Another image of a woman doctor in noting but a bra and a lab coat also came up. The truth is, biases are still very much alive in this world and since google is comprised of people's search histories and preferences, some biases will be present.  

I think Google should monitor what content is going out to the public more, but people are addicted to Google and whatever people are googling the most, is what is going to pop up the most in search results. Google is nothing more than a free rider benefiting off of other publication's works. Google is a powerful entity, but when we look at it, it really is just something created by many different voices.