Gideon Scopes

The author is a software engineer. Gideon Scopes is a pseudonym. Given the current climate surrounding political expression in the technology industry, his real name has been withheld.

11 Posts

New Title IX Regulations Protect the Innocent

Much of the criticism of the regulations centers around the requirement for cross-examination, which the critics believe will deter victims from coming forward.

Gideon Scopes

11 May 2020 · 9 min read

Towards a Worker's Bill of Rights

This article proposes an outline of what such a measure might look like in order to provide a starting point for discussions.

Gideon Scopes

21 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

The Pitfalls of Too Much Security

Yet, there is reason for concern that this progress could be endangered if Jews overreact to the attack in Pittsburgh.

Gideon Scopes

17 Dec 2018 · 10 min read

Privilege and Double Standards at the Kavanaugh Hearings

One would hope that senators could have worked together to examine the available evidence in a manner that showed respect for all parties involved.

Gideon Scopes

8 Oct 2018 · 10 min read

A Facebook Engineer's Plea for Political Diversity

So far, Amerige has not been fired from Facebook as James Damore was fired from Google a year ago.

Gideon Scopes

4 Sep 2018 · 7 min read

Bridging the STEM Gender Gap Divide

When the story broke that that Dr. Summers had attributed the STEM gender gap to a lack of aptitude on the part of women, What was he thinking?

Gideon Scopes

8 Jul 2018 · 26 min read

Weighing the Threats to American Democracy

The ability to fire someone for their politics or deny them a job on account of factors unrelated to their qualifications is a form of power.

Gideon Scopes

26 Mar 2018 · 13 min read

Lawsuit Exposes Internet Giant’s Internal Culture of Intolerance

The willingness to displace all of the other people on a panel, people who presumably worked hard to earn those speaking opportunities, displays a level of ego that is striking.

Gideon Scopes

1 Feb 2018 · 12 min read

Rethinking Gender, Sexuality, and Violence

We should work to devise effective solutions to continue that progress, rather resorting to using all men as scapegoats for the violence that remains.

Gideon Scopes

25 Oct 2017 · 14 min read

Smearing Free Thought In Silicon Valley

Damore stresses that these are differences at a statistical level between large populations and that we should not assume that they are descriptive of any particular individual.

Gideon Scopes

25 Sep 2017 · 8 min read

A Policy of Censorship More Extreme Than Google

There is no room for nuance, no room for subtlety. Feelings supersede facts. The emotions of the most fragile must be soothed at any cost, even if the truth is a casualty.

Gideon Scopes

10 Sep 2017 · 8 min read