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> There are many actors in the whole Google/diversity drama Says the guy who has just claimed its CEO should resign.

• mrlinx 9y ago
  How's that relevant to the point of the article?
  • Torai 9y ago
    With his article on the NYT, he has become one the principal actors and is contributing to make the drama bigger.
    • cocktailpeanuts 9y ago
      so how's that relevant to your comment? Does this change anything about there being multiple actors in this drama?
      • Torai 9y ago
        In the article: > There are many actors in the whole Google/diversity drama, but I’d say the one who’s behaved the worst is the C.E.O., Sundar Pichai. He is implicitly criticizing the whole drama thing. And when saying Pichai behaved worst, I understand he is saying Pichai was who contributed most to make the drama bigger. I think Brooks is contributing a lot to make the drama bigger. That's my point.
        • cocktailpeanuts 9y ago
          So is your point that this journalist guy should just not write about it? That's his job. It's different from a CEO making a bad decision.
          • Torai 9y ago
            No. I only have criticized the hypocrisy of the sentence I've quoted.
          • nlowell 9y ago
            It's one thing to write about something, it's another thing to have a call for action.
• chubot 9y ago
  Yup. Here is the only intelligent thing I've read about this debacle: To me, if you read it and are completely outraged or uniformly in favor, then you are part of the problem. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/07/opinions/google-employee-manifesto-against-diversity-opinion-randazza/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/07/opinions/google-employee-manif...
  • Danihan 9y ago
    I don't understand that statement.. or why you would agree with it. The auther of the memo was attempting to present facts. Why wouldn't I completely agree with facts that are true? Especially in this case, when most cognitive scientists seem to agree upon the facts as presented? [1] It really doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with facts... they are still reality, regardless. And I see very, very few people arguing against the facts that Damore presented in any sort of cogent manner. Damore's only real policy suggestion was to (gasp) treat everyone as individuals, rather than as stereotypical tribal members. And I'm personally very confused as to how anyone isn't wholly in favor of that. We are all more than our skin color or gender. [1] https://archive.is/VlNfl https://archive.is/VlNfl
    • bjl 9y ago
      The papers he cited are still extremely controversial, they aren't settled science at all. The rest of his sources were Wikipedia links.
      • bllguo 9y ago
        Really? Interested in hearing more. To me a big point of his is that on average, there are innate differences between the sexes, which policy should acknowledge. Which, afaik, is scientific consensus. Yet not a single person I've read that criticizes the memo will acknowledge this.
        • bjl 9y ago
          Its simply not scientific consensus that the kind of differences he was positing actually exist. A handful of studies with tiny sample sizes and questionable statistical techniques does not a consensus make.
• jamesrcole 9y ago
  Are you saying that they are all equally at fault or all equally not at fault? If not, what's your point?