Google are Vorlons

Google are like the Vorlons in Babylon 5.

I realised it this week, after having to take a lot of time off work to look after my girlfriend and kids (she did her neck in this week, being too tense in her driving lessons I bought for her birthday - the kids are going through various stages of winter illnesses).

I decided if I couldn’t work, I’d do something else constructive - such as catch up on my Babylon 5, Season 1 DVDs. :)

I wrote before about Google’s dialogue predicament…

Same thing with the Vorlons - the super-powerful ancient race, a sci-fi analogue to Angels - whom everyone complains are far too cryptic and never give a straight answer - presuming you even get a reply when you ask.

Eventually, the Vorlon ambassador on Babylon 5 - Kosh - sticks his neck out to help the other characters - and pays the price for it.

The Vorlon who replaces him isn’t so nice. In fact, he does a good job of trying to hurt people, and eventually the other races have to band together to destroy him.

Matt Cutts is a bit like Kosh. He’s limited in what he can say or do by the fact that he’s a figurehead for a hundred-billion dollar company. People are always going to ask more questions than he can answer, demand more dialogue than he can give.

I think Matt does a very difficult job as best he can (I don’t think most people appreciate his position of engineer plus Public Relations guy).

Wouldn’t it just be such a shame if people felt they had to provoke Matt to such a point that he has to publically go way outside of any remit Google could give him, and lose that point of communication?

After all, whoever comes after Matt Cutts, may not be anywhere near as communicative as he tries to be.

Just like on Babylon 5. :D