They never thought she would lose.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/12/leaked-video-google-leaderships-dismayed-reaction-to-trump-election/
They never thought she would lose.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/12/leaked-video-google-leaderships-dismayed-reaction-to-trump-election/
Key moments from the video can be found at the following timestamps:
(00:00:00 â 00:01:12) Google co-founder Sergey Brin states that the weekly meeting is âprobably not the most joyous weâve hadâ and that âmost people here are pretty upset and pretty sad.â
(00:00:24) Brin contrasts the disappointment of Trumpâs election with his excitement at the legalization of cannabis in California, triggering laughs and applause from the audience of Google employees.
(00:01:12) Returning to seriousness, Brin says he is âdeeply offen[ded]â by the election of Trump, and that the election âconflicts with many of [Googleâs] values.â
(00:09:10) Trying to explain the motivations of Trump supporters, Senior VP for Global Affairs, Kent Walker concludes: âfear, not just in the United States, but around the world is fueling concerns, xenophobia, hatred, and a desire for answers that may or may not be there.â
(00:09:35) Walker goes on to describe the Trump phenomenon as a sign of âtribalism thatâs self-destructive [in] the long-term.â
(00:09:55) Striking an optimistic tone, Walker assures Google employees that despite the election, âhistory is on our sideâ and that the âmoral arc of history bends towards progress.â
(00:10:45) Walker approvingly quotes former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renziâs comparison between âthe world of the wallâ with its âisolation and defensivenessâ and the âworld of the square, the piazza, the marketplace, where people come together into a community and enrich each otherâs lives.â
(00:13:10) CFO Ruth Porat appears to break down in tears when discussing the election result.
(00:15:20) Porat promises that Google will âuse the great strength and resources and reach we have to continue to advance really important values.â
(00:16:50) Stating âwe all need a hug,â she then instructs the audience of Google employees to hug the person closest to them.
(00:20:24) Eileen Noughton, VP of People Operations, promises that Googleâs policy team in DC is âall overâ the immigration issue and that the company will âkeep a close watch on it.â
(00:21:26) Noughton jokes about Google employees asking, âCan I move to Canada?â after the election. She goes on to seriously discuss the options available to Google employees who wish to leave the country.
(00:23:12) Noughton does acknowledge âdiversity of opinion and political persuasionâ and notes that she has heard from conservative Google employees who say they âhavenât felt entirely comfortable revealing who [they] are.â and urged âtolerance.â (Several months later, the company would fire James Damore allegedly for disagreeing with progressive narratives.)
(00:27:00) Responding to a question about âfilter bubbles,â Sundar Pichai promises to work towards âcorrectingâ Googleâs role in them
(00:27:30) Sergey Brin praises an audience memberâs suggestion of increasing matched Google employee donations to progressive groups.
(00:34:40) Brin compares Trump voters to âextremists,â arguing for a correlation between the economic background of Trump supporters and the kinds of voters who back extremist movements. Brin says that âvoting is not a rational actâ and that not all of Trumpâs support can be attributed to âincome disparity.â He suggests that Trump voters might have been motivated by boredom rather than legitimate concerns.
(00:49:10) An employee asks if Google is willing to âinvest in grassroots, hyper-local efforts to bring tools and services and understanding of Google products and knowledgeâ so that people can âmake informed decisions that are best for themselves.â Pichaiâs response: Google will ensure its âeducational productsâ reach âsegments of the population [they] are not [currently] fully reaching.â
(00:54:33) An employee asks what Google is going to do about âmisinformationâ and âfake newsâ shared by âlow-information voters.â Pichai responds by stating that âinvestments in machine learning and AIâ are a âbig opportunityâ to fix the problem.
(00:56:12) Responding to an audience member, Walker says Google must ensure the rise of populism doesnât turn into âa world war or something catastrophic ⌠and instead is a blip, a hiccup.â
(00:58:22) Brin compares Trump voters to supporters of fascism and communism, linking the former movement to âboredom,â which Brin previously linked to Trump voters. âIt sort of sneaks up sometimes, really bad thingsâ says Brin.
(01:01:15) A Google employee states: âspeaking to white men, thereâs an opportunity for you right now to understand your privilegeâ and urges employees to âgo through the bias-busting training, read about privilege, read about the real history of oppression in our country.â He urges employees to âdiscuss the issues you are passionate about during Thanksgiving dinner and donât back down and laugh it off when you hear the voice of oppression speak through metaphors.â Every executive on stage â the CEO, CFO, two VPs and the two Co-founders â applaud the employee.
(01:01:57) An audience member asks if the executives see âanything positive from this election result.â The audience of Google employees, and the executives on stage, burst into laughter. âBoy, thatâs a really tough one right nowâ says Brin.
Google is not friendly. Google is the enemy. Google tried to help tilt an election.