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You can only afford to ignore politics for as long as it ignores you. This no longer ignores us, because it's affecting our friends, our companies, the pool of
by jordigh 10y ago
You can only afford to ignore politics for as long as it ignores you. This no longer ignores us, because it's affecting our friends, our companies, the pool of tech workers that make up the intelligence that builds Silicon Valley.
This is entirely comparable to when Jewish scientists were first getting barred from getting positions in German universities. We are now seeing the much-publicised case of an Oscar-nominated director being unable to attend to receive his prize. There are many other, less publicised cases of colleagues getting barred from working alongside us.
We can no longer ignore these politics.
- jsperson 10y agoI haven't been ignoring it at all. I read the news sections of the NYT almost in its entirety every day. Same with USAT and WashPost. There's a big difference between ignoring it and wishing that wishing that I wasn't immersed in it.
- jordigh 10y agoI understand. It's sad and alarming that this is happening. But it's too late to wish that we could ignore it.
- lucb1e 10y ago> You can only afford to ignore politics for as long as it ignores you. Hey it's totally ignoring me. So sorry for Americans here, but I agree with the person you're responding to: I too liked HN for being quiet about Donald duck.