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Did you read the thing? You have the greatest gender balance in comp sci in the least egalitarian societies. There's a body of scientific literature you could
by DataWorker 9y ago
Did you read the thing? You have the greatest gender balance in comp sci in the least egalitarian societies. There's a body of scientific literature you could consult if you wanted the diversity you claim to want.
- Barrin92 9y agoBut that is precisely what I said! Developing countries are egalitarian out of necessity. For them economic emancipation is principally important, and just by accident lifts women and minorities up. We have grown a little too soft it seems. Our (western) over-emphasis of freedom of choice is actually segregating us. We're giving in to our worst instincts and then claim that they are biological facts that we cannot escape from. That is not a good idea.
- mpweiher 9y ago> Developing countries are egalitarian Except they are not, by pretty much all measures. It's just that people are less free to choose what they want to do.
- DataWorker 9y ago"Developing countries are egalitarian" I have to wonder what you think is meant by the words egalitarian and developing.
- Barrin92 9y agoI understand egalitarianism in real material terms. The ability to shape your own future as your wish, upward mobility, a fundamental sense of optimisim about your future prospects, and so forth. This is very much present in developing countries, whereas people in large swathes of the developed world seem to be preoccupied lamenting their own insecurities and limitations on all sides of the political spectrum. I think a good deal of Westerners would do well to spend some of their time in a developing country that is on the economic upswing if they still think that the rest of the world is lacking in political or cultural regards.