Via Julia Thompson, something just crazy enough to work.
Originally shared by Edward Morbius
An alternative to AntiFa
Read past the title. It is a way to defuse fascists, that’s worked in a place that knows from fascism.
I’m not fully convinced, but it may be another option.
For related history, see how Superman helped defeat the KKK.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/23157/how-superman-defeated-ku-klux-klan
https://thelongestway.com/2017/04/08/i-dont-like-the-antifa/
More humane drug testing.
Originally shared by Deborah Teramis Christian
“Organ on a chip” – wow!
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/harvard-mit-liver-chip-narrows-gap-vitro-vivo-drug-tests-120088/
Jobs of the sort that are traditionally done by women – that is, jobs that require a human to respond to another human in a flexible way – are the hardest to automate.
Laura Gibbs will probably like this one (apart from the MOOCs).
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Why Education Is the Hardest Sector of the Economy to Automate http://suhub.co/2vSbjSX
A little while back, for reasons I mean to explore in public eventually, I decided not to write romance novels – either under a female pseudonym or under my own name.
This piece goes into the interesting phenomenon of men using female names to sell crime thrillers, and why that might have some issues.
What do we want?
No more Nazis.
When do we want it?
Honestly like 70 years ago I mean it was a whole thing.
Reminds me of Tolkien’s burn about the Bagginses: you could know what their opinion would be on any subject, without going to the trouble of asking them.
Originally shared by Kimberly Chapman
This thread is a pure proof for Lewis’ Law.
https://storify.com/Pharniel/you-are-boring-no-one-s-bothered-to-tell-you
This sounds like pseudoscience, but apparently it’s real. In mice, at least.
When you turn 50 in New Zealand (assuming you’re a citizen or resident), the government gives you a gift of a free screening for bowel cancer.
It’s all done by post.
The sample required is surprisingly small, and sealed in a tube which is sealed in a bag which is sealed in an envelope.
I still wouldn’t want to be the person who has to process them.
if the Google Manifesto was correct, then you would expect to see that Google was full of mediocre female employees, who had been hired by a process biased in their favour despite being inadequate to the task. Whatever the author of the manifesto thinks, Google does not believe this to be the case and as far as I can tell from industry blogs, it isn’t – female employees in tech are generally very good. This would, of course, be consistent with the hypothesis that the current selection process is biased against them.
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If, on the other hand, one had a situation where the writers of windy conservative manifestoes about not getting fair treatment were in fact mediocre whiners who inflated their CVs, then that would be evidence that there wasn’t a bias in the recruitment and retention system, and that in fact there was probably an inefficiency caused by the extent to which mediocrities were able to bump along because their face fitted in a homogeneous techbro culture. The concentration on star engineers, senior executives and Sheryl Sandberg C-Suite geniuses is entirely wrong; the progress of gender equality in the workplace ought to be measured by the extent to which women can get into the ranks of time-serving dead-wood middle management roles.
True equality will be reached when mediocrities of all kinds exist at every level. The fact that minority hires are consistently excellent is an indicator that we aren’t there yet.
http://crookedtimber.org/2017/08/11/from-a-logical-point-of-view/
An interesting angle on diversity: we don’t have a truly “blind” hiring process until employees of all demographics are equally mediocre.
Via Yonatan Zunger.
Originally shared by ****
if the Google Manifesto was correct, then you would expect to see that Google was full of mediocre female employees, who had been hired by a process biased in their favour despite being inadequate to the task. Whatever the author of the manifesto thinks, Google does not believe this to be the case and as far as I can tell from industry blogs, it isn’t – female employees in tech are generally very good. This would, of course, be consistent with the hypothesis that the current selection process is biased against them.
[…]
If, on the other hand, one had a situation where the writers of windy conservative manifestoes about not getting fair treatment were in fact mediocre whiners who inflated their CVs, then that would be evidence that there wasn’t a bias in the recruitment and retention system, and that in fact there was probably an inefficiency caused by the extent to which mediocrities were able to bump along because their face fitted in a homogeneous techbro culture. The concentration on star engineers, senior executives and Sheryl Sandberg C-Suite geniuses is entirely wrong; the progress of gender equality in the workplace ought to be measured by the extent to which women can get into the ranks of time-serving dead-wood middle management roles.
True equality will be reached when mediocrities of all kinds exist at every level. The fact that minority hires are consistently excellent is an indicator that we aren’t there yet.