> GOOGLE, Facebook and other online giants like to see their rapid rise as the product of their founders’ brilliance. Others argue that their success is more a result of lucky timing and network effects—the economic forces that tend to make bigger firms even bigger.

(Take it easy with that down arrow button :) but yet others see their rapid rise as sponsored fronts for Intelligence.

[p.s. & I would be delighted to be presented with thoughtful replies that show /why/ the above view can not possibly be true.]