Outraged about the Google diversity memo?
Really great post, and I had what I thought were some great observations about the article I wanted to share. But then in the article&#x27;s comments I read this by Outer M.:<p>&quot;By the way, in science and technology, conservatism is a minority ideology (he says so himself in his letter). How would he feel if we start saying that conservative people aren&#x27;t apt for science and technology? That if he doesn&#x27;t feel welcome he should find a different profession? It&#x27;s ironic he complains about it even though, in a way, he understands the struggle.&quot;<p>After I read that, I went back and re-read the memo, but I swapped all gender references for politics, and vice-versa, and it was <i>awesome</i>.<p>At Google, we talk so much about unconscious bias as it applies to race and political orientation, but we rarely discuss our moral biases. Gender is actually a result of deep moral preferences and thus biases. Considering that the overwhelming majority of the social sciences, media, and Google lean male, we should critically examine these prejudices.<p>...<p>Possible non-bias causes of the political gap in tech<p>...<p>In highly progressive environments, women are a minority that feel like they need to stay in the closet to avoid open hostility. We should empower those with different genders to be able to express themselves.<p>Alienating women is both non-inclusive and generally bad business because women tend to be higher in conscientiousness, which is required for much of the drudgery and maintenance work characteristic of a mature company.