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"Decompose search to its core: when people search, they are attempting to find something. That's fair and hard to refute. But here's where we diverge.

Most of the alternatives above make a fundamental error. They assume that the atomic unit of search is the website. And that such a search must be routed through a hyperobject that straddles society. People search the web. This is only partially true.

People are searching the web because the web is a proxy for other people. People search people. The correct atomic unit of search is not the website but a person."

"Decompose search to its core: when people search, they are attempting to find something. That's fair and hard to refute. But here's where we diverge.

Most of the alternatives above make a fundamental error. They assume that the atomic unit of search is the website. And that such a search must be routed through a hyperobject that straddles society. People search the web. This is only partially true.

People are searching the web because the web is a proxy for other people. People search people. The correct atomic unit of search is not the website but a person."
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