I just read the now famous Google memo, that got the author fired.
Here it is: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586-Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.html
I was most struck by these bullet points, early in the document:
* Google’s political bias has equated the freedom from offense with psychological safety, but shaming into silence is the antithesis of psychological safety.
* This silencing has created an ideological echo chamber where some ideas are too sacred to be honestly discussed.
* The lack of discussion fosters the most extreme and authoritarian elements of this ideology [...]
The Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, commented on the contents in an email
(see: https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16111724/google-sundar-pichai-employee-memo-diversity):
First, let me say that we strongly support the right of Googlers to express themselves, and much of what was in that memo is fair to debate, regardless of whether a vast majority of Googlers disagree with it. However, portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace.
I humbly invite y'all to read the memo and try and work out which
statements are not fair to debate.
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