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On the route from San Francisco airport to El Cerrito-- a path too often traveled-- there is a large sign that says: "Autonomy Dominates the Search Industry." Without getting into the question of the veracity of this claim, I will remark that I am convinced that this specific wording is intended to subliminally suggest to the aging Bay Area hippie population the name of a Pink Floyd song, thereby engendering spontaneous feelings of goodwill towards the company that their product's performance would not necessarily foster.

So: score one for the evil forces of marketing. Also, there has not been nearly enough exploitation of this and similar memes in SciFi, not even in P.K. Dick.