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The problem at that point is employers' general widespread aversion to reputation risk, which manifests itself in all kinds of ways. Erasure of the past isn't
by mbg721 6y ago
The problem at that point is employers' general widespread aversion to reputation risk, which manifests itself in all kinds of ways. Erasure of the past isn't the fix for that.
- oh_sigh 6y agoIt sure would be a fix for the man from the anecdote. It sounds to me like there is a starving man begging for a morsel, and you're saying to him "No, just wait until society can develop a system to keep all people fed. Feeding you isn't a fix for the real issue".
- Spivak 6y agoThis pattern occurs everywhere. Leveraging a broken system against the people most vulnerable under it with the pretense of abolishing it.
- throwaway894345 6y agoI don’t think the parent is suggesting that the Times deny this man mercy, but rather that this shouldn’t be the general policy (rather, an angry mob shouldn’t be able to jeopardize one’s livelihood).
- mbg721 6y agoYes, I guess what I was getting at is that while the NYT isn't being helpful, the root of the problem is elsewhere.