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None of the articles about how great this is for the nation mention the fact that it had to cost Kleiner Perkins at least $10 million in legal fees and distract
by Anechoic 12y ago
None of the articles about how great this is for the nation mention the fact that it had to cost Kleiner Perkins at least $10 million in legal fees and distraction/time. That would have been enough to fully fund 100 women to get engineering bachelor’s degrees and join the STEM workforce that Barack Obama and the New York Times editorial board say is a good place for people other than themselves (previous posting).
That would be a more convincing argument for me if there was any evidence that KP would have spent that $10+ million to fully fund 100 women to get engineering bachelor’s degrees.
- mgkimsal 12y agoFurthermore, they still have tens of millions which they could do just that with, and haven't done so, and don't have any plans to do so. Why on earth is "they could have done XYZ with that money" an even remotely useful rhetorical tool?
- cantankerous 12y agoHe's using it to frame what he thinks is public perception. In this case, he's putting that number into some kind of perspective more relevant to regular Janes and Joes trying to become engineers. Made sense to use it, or at least I thought so.