‘Useful Idiot’ Google Tops Apple in Creativity
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North Korea is the last place you would look for clues to the fortunes of Silicon Valley titans Google Inc. and Apple Inc. Maybe it’s worth doing so.
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is squarely in pinata mode after a widely publicized trip last month to a country that treats its people as if they were objects to be beaten for fun. Senator John McCain summed up one view of Schmidt and his delegation, calling them “useful idiots.” Pundits complain Schmidt naively played into North Korea’s propaganda machine.