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Originally Posted by Wolfram
Seems pretty obvious this guys didn't read the memo either.
Context matters. Once you go down the "biological differences" route - with a group that has traditionally been the brunt of some kind of bias - everyone knows what you really mean. Again - replace women with black people and think about how it would go down. The only reason some can't see that is because they're aware of racism, but apparently unaware of gender bias in the tech workplace.
Also remember this dude was saying much worse in the private google forum, and he had to apologize for an offensive skit at his master's retreat. And he's now more than happy to move into his new role as an alt-right hero. He deliberately toned this article down to try to reach a wider audience, but left in poison pills about psychological gender differences. He clearly has an axe to grind.
Ultimately there is no such thing as cold rational discourse on a hot button topic like this. Anyone who thinks they're making an argument in a vacuum is just fooling themselves. Humans are emotional creatures (yes even men!) and all decisions are ultimately based on emotion. Googlebro can make all the supposedly logical arguments he wants, but the fact that he was motivated enough to make them into a 10-page document and circulate it internally at google - shows that he is extremely emotionally invested. That in itself doesn't make his arguments wrong. But lets dispense with this "just having a dispassionate discussion about diversity and gender" BS.
Last edited by Paramecium; 08-10-2017 at 04:23 PM.