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Author of Google Memo Fired

August 13, 2017

Wall Street Journal // Christopher Mims 

A Google employee’s memo, which suggests that there are fewer women in tech because men are simply better suited for the field, goes viral and gets slammed by Google CEO leading up to the author’s termination from the company. The memo glosses over many significant components of the diversity dialogue, namely: true meritocracies do not exist so hiring based of the idea of them is paradoxical and social/moral imperatives aside, diversity makes for more effective, more innovative workforces.

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