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Well, for one thing, it might suddenly become difficult to travel in China as a result of signing this letter. That would not be unprecedented. As for Google,

Well, for one thing, it might suddenly become difficult to travel in China as a result of signing this letter. That would not be unprecedented. As for Google, companies in general value employees who are flexible in the projects they're willing to work on. Without efforts to counteract bias, employees who decline projects due to ethical objections risk being seen as difficult.

skybrian 8y ago
Good point about travel to China. However, Google employees are unlikely to be "seen as difficult" at Google for signing a petition involving a project they're not even working on. Nobody keeps track of this stuff. To get noticed, you have to show more leadership than that.
- gaius 8y ago
  Nobody keeps track of this stuff. Google probably runs sentiment analysis on all its internal lists and tags everything to each persons HR file. They analyze Gmail already after all (tho’ having switched off or at least hidden its link to the ad system)
  - skybrian 8y ago
    Even if someone did that analysis, if your manager doesn't care and promotion committees don't care, does it actually matter?
    - gaius 8y ago
      if your manager doesn't care These are the managers who bragged about maintaining blacklists, remember. They certainly do police thoughtcrime.