[shiftmonkey]

Originally Posted by sjkted

I agree. If you check the trend in technology, cable and satellite television are quickly becoming old school. The new school is Youtube and getting the television connected to the internet. Just wait a few years and we'll all see how powerful the big tv networks are.

--sjkted

This talk about YouTube got me thinking about a dream I had just last night. It was about how the Google search engine is now directing and focusing human consciousness on a massive scale.

We all know that Google bought YouTube for an insane amount of money. There is also some evidence that Google was indirectly funded by the CIA. I often hear stories of youtube view stats on controversial videos being messed with from the inside to bring down the rankings.

Without getting too far into the conspiracy scenarios, does anyone know of any worthwhile search engines and/or youtube-like services that would be a better alternative? Like maybe open source versions that are not controlled by a mega corporation? I use the internet archive quite a bit to find public domain footage. I know that you can embed their videos. I wonder if it would be a better way to go. http://www.archive.org