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For a good (if scary) insight into the "hidden bias" and "forced diversity" culture inside Google, have a listen to the recent James Damore interview at Joe Rog
by Radim 9y ago
For a good (if scary) insight into the "hidden bias" and "forced diversity" culture inside Google, have a listen to the recent James Damore interview at Joe Rogan's podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1JeII0eGo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1JeII0eGo
They recount the ways people have been misrepresenting James' (rather meek) position, right down to accusations of sexism, nazism, malicious removal of academic references and outright lies. A sad testimony of this day and age and the current media climate in the US.
It's like people think covering their ears shouting "LALALA NOT TRUE, WILL NOT DISCUSS" has ever been a constructive way of addressing social issues.
I wish Google would come clean and release the raw stats. I understand that's one politically loaded and sensitive dataset, but nothing beats drawing your own conclusions. Right now, Google is getting flak from all sides, lose-lose.
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- bedhead 9y agoHeck, if I recall, Google hasn't even disclosed what exact part of their own code of conduct Mr. Damore was in violation of. Kind of important, don't we think? I suspect these things are purposefully written to be so vague that virtually anything can be interpreted as being in violation. Their reluctance to disclose what specifically he violated (they wouldn't even him when they fired him) suggests they know they would be laughed at.
- throw789asd789 9y agoHe was fired for insinuating women are genetically inferior to men. The fact he couched it in pseudo-science, doesn't make that any less true. That's harmful to Google's image, and no woman would want to work with him after that, so he's toxic. They have every right to fire such a person.
- bedhead 9y agoYawn