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The organizer's problem is not that it's not about the topic, but that the audience would become uncomfortable hearing, which is ridiculous.
by briffid 5y ago
The organizer's problem is not that it's not about the topic, but that the audience would become uncomfortable hearing, which is ridiculous.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoRe-reading the organizer's email, I can seee their point. Politics could turn to be a blackhole topic that absorb all discussion energy, and then no one would leave the talk thinking about the "evil big tech" topic any more... If I were the author's friend I'd tell him this, he threatened to derail his own presentation including the screenshots of political news. The 1% of websites taking 98% of traffic should be alarming, but the focus-stealing headline there is "Income Inequality". If he had not put that as a headline and just made a throwaway oral comment (writing it down got him in trouble, and as I said, steals the focus!), it might've been more effective.
- briffid 5y agoThat's a good point: it is easy to derail with politics, I agree. Though living in a politically polarized country I just ignore political examples. Yeah, the guy is lefty, righty, religious, atheist, liberal, conservative. Ok, so what can I learn from him about the topic at hand? I don't have to become gay just because he's using Gay Pride backgrounds :)