[where_do_i_live]

This is pretty hilarious - I don't know what very liberal people might think when Peter Singer - one of the most liberal moralists out there - writes in defense of James Damore.

As a very liberal person myself, seeing this gives me a bit of hope that perhaps other more extreme liberals also give this another look and take down the outrage a little bit. Very interesting.

[forkLding]

In my opinion, James was fired because it made business sense for Google just like how Facebook copied Snapchat stories, the memo he made would have endlessly disrupted daily Google operations and angered female engineers or managers he worked with and not much innovative in terms of technology would come out in the end. If he was more interested he should have sent a petition to the higher ups and discussed his concerns. In the end, my opinion just like Google's 20% free time for employees, it all makes business sense at a certain level.

Edit: If anyone disagrees, pls downvote with a comment, if theres just a downvote it hurts my poor internet feelings, also I will take it as meaning that there is nothing wrong with my argument, I appreciate a good argument and dialogue and not customary trolling.

[Artistry121]

If you listen to his conversation with Jordan Peterson he states he originally sent it only to a diversity committee. After a month of not hearing anything back he posted it in a skeptics group at Google asking them to comment.

But I agree it makes business sense. Censorship of possibly truthful ideas makes business sense at the company that generally gatekeeps the internet.

[forkLding]

ok true, I've only seen his other interview with Stefan and stopped halfway because it was pretty long

[auganov]

I know, right? I'm mostly on the other side politically, much more ambivalent about this situation too. Found it curious how many, whom I'd usually associate with liberal politics, have taken it up.

[0xbear]

I don't see anything hilarious about this guy getting fired for a well sourced memo due to pressure from virtue signaling zealots who didn't even read it.

To those tempted to respond: do please make sure _you_ have read the original memo, not the deliberate click bait bastardization that Gizmodo has published.

[relue271]

The status quo is that the sources are tenuous.

Most of what was lifted is from evolutionary psychology.

Claims from that field, and used in his write up, have not held up over time.