Reagan was right: Trust, but verify There seems to be a lot of buzz regarding Google's intent to search books from major university libraries. I think that Scott Rosenberg has a point, clearly. Here's a question, though. Salon is public company that allows access to their content for those who either a.) pay a subscription fee, or b.) agree to watch incredibly intrusive ads for things such as vodka and wireless service (a dangerous combination if ever there were). I'm not saying we should all just blithely trust Google to keep access to the information free for the masses. I am saying that what's new about that? There isn't a company that should be trusted implicitly, because companies tend to be greedy, and greed is supposed to be evil, if you agree with the Bible and all that. I'm OK with that. We live in a (roughly) capitalist society and should expect our companies to be greedy so that their stock prices go up so that our 401(k)'s can appreciate so that we can all retire in comfort to someplace warmer than it is here today in peace. So embrace Google for being untrustworthy. It's the trustworthy ones you've got to watch out for the most.  ¶ 8:06 AM