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Maybe it's one thing that the more concerning elements of the left are aggregated into certain universities, but it is something else to also exist in the servi

by Aron 9y ago

Maybe it's one thing that the more concerning elements of the left are aggregated into certain universities, but it is something else to also exist in the services and companies most everyone relies on (and that has control over their information flow). I'd like to see more of what Google is learning from this incident from either the 'diversity director' or the CEO directly. Getting employee culture all together and efficiently cooperating is theoretically one of the highest priorities of the top management and why they get paid ridiculous sums of money. Although I guess it's fine they do most of that work out of public eye, the very public perception is a big part of it (and recruiting and customer relations etc). Also, I was glad to find I was right that James Damore had been listening a lot to Jordan Peterson but I had to wait until the end of the interview just to get my 'I WAS RIGHT!' moment.

galacticpony2 9y ago
> Maybe it's one thing that the more concerning elements of the left are aggregated into certain universities, but it is something else to also exist in the services and companies most everyone relies on (and that has control over their information flow). Well, where do you suppose all these students go to, once they leave college? Many of them end up in leading positions of HR, management, marketing and media. They are a cultural elite. Meanwhile, the STEM people end up mostly as cogs in the machine. They generally don't become influencers beyond the confines of their particular field. Ironically, the same people arguing for freedom of enterprise might be the ones needing worker protection laws for freedom of conscience.
- Aron 9y ago
  > Ironically, the same people arguing for freedom of enterprise might be the ones needing worker protection laws for freedom of conscience. Can you spell that out for me? I think you mean that the 'keep business free from government' leaning types might need protection from government from those businesses to avoid being punished for their very work-related ideas. I suspect if this was your argument that most of such people would continue to believe that the workplace was where to fight it out, likely by efforts to get themselves into better positions of power or otherwise simply winning.
  - galacticpony2 9y ago
    I'm not saying they'd need to change their beliefs, I'm just pointing out the irony.

by Aron 9y ago

galacticpony2 9y ago

> Maybe it's one thing that the more concerning elements of the left are aggregated into certain universities, but it is something else to also exist in the services and companies most everyone relies on (and that has control over their information flow). Well, where do you suppose all these students go to, once they leave college? Many of them end up in leading positions of HR, management, marketing and media. They are a cultural elite. Meanwhile, the STEM people end up mostly as cogs in the machine. They generally don't become influencers beyond the confines of their particular field. Ironically, the same people arguing for freedom of enterprise might be the ones needing worker protection laws for freedom of conscience.

Aron 9y ago
> Ironically, the same people arguing for freedom of enterprise might be the ones needing worker protection laws for freedom of conscience. Can you spell that out for me? I think you mean that the 'keep business free from government' leaning types might need protection from government from those businesses to avoid being punished for their very work-related ideas. I suspect if this was your argument that most of such people would continue to believe that the workplace was where to fight it out, likely by efforts to get themselves into better positions of power or otherwise simply winning.
- galacticpony2 9y ago
  I'm not saying they'd need to change their beliefs, I'm just pointing out the irony.