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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have any of your read the actual document that he wrote.  It was a fairly well reasoned, nuanced discussion of Google, their diversity policies, the latest in behavioral science research, psychology and such.  It wasn't a woman hating, racist, alt-right type screed.

Now, was it wise to bring up these topics while working for google in ultra-liberal, uber-PC California?  Of course not.[/quote]

No, it sounded like it was based on behavioral science research and psychology, but cherrypicked and viewed through the lens he'd already adopted.

Here's where I think his autism could have entered in to his actual arguments and not just his inability to foresee the reaction: he did not understand that labeling women as being unsuited in general for technology work, would have real life consequences for the women who work or want to work in these industries. He didn't see how his POV would be adopted by misogynists to justify their views. He didn't understand that it is already a hostile environment to women, and his plan to stop outreach to women could only make it worse.

I don't excuse or endorse his ideas. I think his disability did come into play with not being able to take the point of view of a woman in tech and understand that the status quo feels fine (if too liberal) to him, but isn't quite so fine for everybody.[/quote]

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