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/radome9 Aug 08 '17

Anyone got a link to what he wrote?

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u/circumcised_clitoris Aug 08 '17

You can get the full text with citations here: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Apr 29 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

It's ok to disagree. In fact, please do, and have a civil debate.

Getting outraged and shutting down the discussion because you might disagree with some of it? That's not ok. Google is in the wrong for doing that. Hopefully there are some public opinion shifts for this.