Harry Lewis

Dean of Harvard College

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard

In 2003, Lewis was honored with the title of Harvard College Professor in honor of his teaching excellence. Over more than thirty years of teaching, Lewis has helped launch thousands of Harvard undergraduates into careers in computer science. He is the author of five books on computer science and co-author of “Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness after the Digital Explosion” (2008).

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Google Violates its Don't Be Evil Motto

With Esther Dyson, Jim Harper, Jeff Jarvis, Harry Lewis, Randal C. Picker, Siva Vaidhyanathan
November 18, 2008

Soon after Google was founded, it adopted a corporate motto: don’t be evil. Since then, it has been the dominant curator of digital information, cornered the market on private email, and made personal information publicly available in unprecedented fashion. While it provides critical social and economic services for free, it has amassed enormous power over information exchange around the world. Has Google violated its “don’t be evil” motto?

Google Violates its Don't Be Evil Motto

With Esther Dyson, Jim Harper, Jeff Jarvis, Harry Lewis, Randal C. Picker, Siva Vaidhyanathan
November 18, 2008

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