It's interesting that Google is doing this rather than some government organization. What's Google's motivation? Is it purely altruistic, a PR move, an experiment, or does it have some direct benefit to them?
20% time was never removed, it was always in place. (there was just some miscommunication about this I guess since people here keep saying it was removed)
And this is something done by Verily, not Google (even if it's an Alphabet company)