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The media giving full attention to this issue, often taking an strong side in either extremes of the debate. I've noticed how in the last years, the debate abou
by Torai 9y ago
The media giving full attention to this issue, often taking an strong side in either extremes of the debate.
I've noticed how in the last years, the debate about feminism/gender equality (or whatever It should be called) has gotten worse, more binary. And how movements like the alt-right directly has directly benefited from this.
- DarkKomunalec 9y ago> often taking an strong side in either extremes of the debate. His memo is very firmly left-wing and liberal though, hardly an 'extreme'.
- sitkack 9y agoIt was basically the bell-curve of tech gender equality. To paraphrase > Autistic men have the fast-twitch OCD neurons that make them ideally suited for programming.
- sitkack 9y agoFor reference, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve and http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/michael_johnsons_gold_medal_in_ignorance/ http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/michael_johnsons_gold_medal_...
- jpttsn 9y agoBet you paraphrased the Bell Curve, too.
- sitkack 9y agoI'll let the Bell Curve speak for itself. The follow on comments by the authors are pure gold.
- kuschku 9y agoEDIT: I'll just post a bunch of quotes from the memo, and let you judge if that sounds left-wing. > the Left tends to deny science concerning biological differences between people (e.g., IQ and sex differences) > Stop alienating conservatives: Viewpoint diversity is arguably the most important type of diversity and political orientation is one of the most fundamental and significant ways in which people view things differently. > conservatives tend to be higher in conscientiousness, which is require for much of the drudgery and maintenance work characteristic of a mature company. > I would start by breaking down Googlegeist scores by political orientation > Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture > which makes it clear why it’s a phenomenon of the Left and a tool of authoritarians > Considering that the overwhelming majority of the social sciences, media, and Google lean left, we should critically examine these prejudices > Google’s left leaning
- leifaffles 9y agoNo he doesn't. Please read the memo.
- kuschku 9y agoYes he does. He argues that political diversity is most important > Viewpoint diversity is arguably the most important type of diversity and political orientation is one of the most fundamental and significant ways in which people view things differently. and that Google should change its hiring practices to improve this, instead of ethnical or national diversity. And he makes up more pseudo-scientific arguments for why Google should hire more conservatives: > conservatives tend to be higher in conscientiousness, which is require for much of the drudgery and maintenance work characteristic of a mature company. In the context of his memo - where he states that Google is too far left-wing - the recommended changes are obvious: Hire more conservative. He also recommends to track the political affiliation of all existing employees to track the diversity gap there: > I would start by breaking down Googlegeist scores by political orientation This is the same kind of affirmative action that he criticizes just a few paragraphs before.
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- jimjimjim 9y agoWhat are you smoking
- ue_ 9y agoA left-wing liberal wouldn't describe themselves as a 'conservative'. What are his positions on the State, extraction of surplus value, capital accumulation and democratic management of organisations that makes you so sure he or his manifesto is left wing?
- jackmodern 9y agoWhy is what he wrote a manifesto? It reads more like a research paper to me?
- sporkenfang 9y agoResearch papers cite scientific sources, sorry. Out of curiosity I've read the document being discussed here and clicked a random sample of the links and none of them I clicked led to peer-reviewed science (though a couple are Go links and a lot are Wikipedia). The tone of the language is nice, but the Wikipedia citations remind me of my time teaching high school five years ago. Anyone who wrote a paper without citing in a significant way five scientific sources (google scholar provides free pdfs, how awesome is that?) got an automatic zero. Wikipedia has good information but it's hardly what one would want backing themselves up for something like this.
- chongli 9y agoThis is an outgrowth of the media becoming more polarized. I suspect this is at least somewhat related to the re-emergence of yellow journalism in the era of per-article advertising and social media sharing. I hope some day we find a way to return to an era where the media focused on their overall reputation instead of pushing clickbait as hard as possible.