Mr. Underwood Goes to Googleland

[Luke_Wilbur]

While most of us sit in front of screens typing and searching, Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader still types out his prose on a manual Underwood typewriter.

 

On Monday, Mr. Underwood traveled to Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.

 

Nader is not easily dazzled by technological wonders.

 

Throughout his career, Nader has confronted head-on the downside of nuclear, automobile, genetic engineering and other industrial advances.

 

And now he's questioning the enormous amount of time we spend in front of our computers.

 

Has Google and the information revolution that it leads made our society better?

 

Or is it just another mass diversion from the reality of the corporate takeover of our democracy?

 

At Googleland, Nader took questions for an hour.

 

And then sat down for an eight-minute interview with Youtube.

 

Nader/Gonzalez is confronting head-on the reality of the corporate takeover of our democracy.

 

Watch the Video

 

 

[Guest Alyce]

I think Ralph Nader is right. Kids are spending their entire day on a computer. Living in virtual reality for 50 - 60 hours a week. They no longer are speaking to each other. I notice playgrounds in my neighborhood are empty.