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You've said many things about what you don't believe and what you don't agree with. What of the memo (if any) do you agree with and what do you actually believe

• dopamean 9y ago
  I don't think what I believe about the memo matters. I just wanted to hear what people had to say with regards to being inclusive of people with ideas they don't agree with. Judging by how few responses I got that even attempted to answer that question I'm going to guess that many people aren't interested in being inclusive of people with dissenting opinions that they find offensive. In the interest of answering part of your question (since I just complained about how few answered mine) I'll say that I do think there is a role for companies to play when it comes to diversity. I'd love to see companies get involved much earlier than when it comes time to hire. Because I believe the problem is with the pipeline I think that if companies want to address the problem then they should start where the pipeline starts: early education. If Google is more interested in getting more women involved in tech I would support the idea of Google hosting a summer camp for girls at their HQ. Or funding programs to do those kinds of things in other places in the country. Of course I have no idea if this kind of thing would work and it would require patience (years) to see if it would pay off. But it seems like a good place to start. I haven't really thought a ton about how to solve the pipeline problem but it seems obvious that you'd start at the beginning rather than the end. Perhaps I'm wrong. What do you think?