[This is the full ten-page internal memo to fellow employees attacking Google’s politically correct monoculture, written by Google engineer James Damore – whose facts and assertions were proven excruciatingly correct by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who fired Damore last night (8/07) for “advancing harmful gender stereotypes.”
TTP encourages you to read it entire. It outraged Google’s fascist Social Justice Warriors, to whom Pichai instantly succumbed. The SJW Code of Conduct has three rules: Always lie, always project, always double down. All three are evidenced by Google’s firing Damore for brilliantly and courageously speaking truth to power.]
I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes.
When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never truly solve the problem.
Psychological safety is built on mutual respect and acceptance, but unfortunately our culture of shaming and misrepresentation is disrespectful and unaccepting of anyone outside its echo chamber.
Despite what the public response seems to have been, I’ve gotten many personal messages from fellow Googlers expressing their gratitude for bringing up these very important issues which they agree with but would never have the courage to say or defend because of our shaming culture and the possibility of being fired. This needs to change.