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Forr's book about the dominance of firms like Google suddenly became relevant because that's since become relevant just because they fired a vociferous critic. At no point did Google or any funder tell me to fire Barry Lynn. Also, funding controversies can reach across many decades, like all the way back to the founding of Stanford University. Coming up on Freakonomics Radio, the story is not as neat as the headlines would have it.