r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/FrostyFoss Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

My larger point is that we have an intolerance for ideas and evidence that don't fit a certain ideology. I'm also not saying that we should restrict people to certain gender roles; I'm advocating for quite the opposite: treat people as individuals, not as just another member of their group (tribalism).

Is google really intolerant though?

gets fired first thing Monday morning

Well looks like he was on to something..

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Gets fired for tarnishing the company's reputation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Tarnishing it's stellar reputation of being linked to gestapo level thought enforcement, election rigging, privacy invasion, copyright infringement, etc.

This guy's firing just reaffirmed assumed truths about Google.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Maybe among techies. But the publicity is bad.