It’s practically a foregone conclusion that everyone uses Google in one way or another. Now the company’s reach has expanded even further, acquiring Fitbit in December for a whopping $2.1 billion. Google products are in our homes, its software is on our phones, and its search engine answers over three billion queries per day. Even the word “google” itself has become a fixture in the American lexicon. The tech giant has become so ubiquitous, its influence so massive, that it’s safe to say Google’s effect on public discourse is unparalleled in modern society. Once a mere search engine, the tech company now operates within the fields of computing, mobile phones, artificial intelligence, and a whole host of other industries. Google’s pull over the levers of the U.S. economy is substantial and growing by the day. But this is a dangerous trend that America has witnessed before. We know where this leads, and unfortunately, it’s nowhere good....(Read Full Article)