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Ever since my politics have swung a bit more to the left after seeing how people in my situation are treated, I seem to be getting interrupted a lot more by the roommate before I can finish the point.  Oddly, this happened to me in my Everquest II guild when speaking with someone who believed Alex Jones offered real news.

And sadly, there are some good points in the Google employee's manifesto, but he tried to make it about diversity and sexism, when he had ideas that Google might have been willing to try if he hadn't made it an "us vs them issue." Sadly, now that he's put his paper out there on the Internet, he's destined to become a hero of MRAs and the alt-right when at first he merely had a more conservative position
 

Date: 2017-08-11 01:58 am (UTC)
silk_dragon_zen: Photo of two flower pots with a variety of little flowers (Sage)
From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
He had good points?

*silk-dragon is a bit incredulous, but interested*

— Sage

Date: 2017-08-12 03:48 am (UTC)
silk_dragon_zen: Photo of two flower pots with a variety of little flowers (Sage)
From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
Thanks for the summary. Yes, I think others have stated (with some validity) that women don't as frequently “lean in“ as men do. But I'm pretty sure Google is already pairing people of diverse backgrounds and gender together on projects.

— Sage

Date: 2017-08-13 01:18 am (UTC)
silk_dragon_zen: Photo of two flower pots with a variety of little flowers (Sage)
From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
I'm not so sure that this can be laid at the feet of us Autistics, even if only in part.

I say this because the U.S. has never had a woman president, and women are extremely underrepresented among CEOs in all industries around the world. And that's not to mention the dearth of women orchestra conductors, movie producers, and firefighters, police, and EMS personnel. etc., etc., etc.

I mean, It's not like Autistics dominate U.S. politics, international business, the classical music industry, Hollywood, nor municipal first responder departments.

— Sage

Date: 2017-08-13 03:23 am (UTC)
silk_dragon_zen: Julia set fractal with Ace and Arrow Pride colors, black, grey, white, green, and purple (Ben)
From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
Way to miss Sage's point. *wolf-yetti is bummed; feels protective of silk-dragon*

Yeah there are disproportionately more Autistics in certain fields. But sexism and the phenomenon of women and enbies being all but shut out of certain fields pervades *other* fields, as well, *not just Autistic dominated fields*.

— Ben

Date: 2017-08-12 07:32 am (UTC)
silk_dragon_zen: Julia set fractal with Ace and Arrow Pride colors, black, grey, white, green, and purple (Ben)
From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
Sorry to butt in, but we came across this humorous link that might be apropos to this conversation:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-a-google-manufacturing-robot-and-i-believe-humans-are-biologically-unfit-to-have-jobs-in-tech

— Ben

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