Greed vs. Competent behavior

Money makes the world go round.

For those who have it know its power to influence those without it, allowing other domains to be corrupted. That’s where Google Ads plays in part; enabling corporations and institutions to increase their profits margins. Colleges play the same game, where their equation is more students means more money. So to play the middleman websites such as CollegeBound focus on what I like to call the “green standard.” While prospective college students are suffering from malicious assaults against false advertising, corporations profit.

While it’s simple to say that lazy people are allowing themselves to be manipulated, perhaps this process is beneficial. Natural selection through an intellectual process. But for competent individuals navigation of the college websites is second hand. So while Google is supplementing false advertising, it is additionally creating an environment that promotes competent individuals.

So is Google hindering the availability of higher education or promoting the development of competent behavior?