Deprograming Patriotism
‘The Technological Republic’ is a searching indictment of a culture that has lost sight of its metaphysical horizons and now seeks an escape from history.
Brian Stewart
· 11 min read
A collection of 8 posts
Google and the Gemini Debacle
This cock-up was not caused by a bug that went unnoticed; it was deliberately engineered.
Toadworrier
· 9 min read
The Ever-Shrinking Transistor and the Invention of Google
The developments of the search engine and social media follow the usual path of innovation: incremental, gradual, serendipitous, and inexorable; few eureka moments or sudden breakthroughs.
Matt Ridley
· 14 min read
Quillette Podcast 41 – Ex-Google Software Engineer Mike Wacker on the Company's Liberal Bias
Jonathan Kay talks to Mike Wacker, the ex-Google software engineer who was fired for exposing the company’s liberal bias. You can read Mike’s piece about working at Google here.
Quillette
· 1 min read
Facebook Has a Right to Block 'Hate Speech'—But Here’s Why It Shouldn’t
The evolution of our content policy not only risked the core of Facebook’s mission, but jeopardized my own alignment with the company.
Brian Amerige
· 17 min read
Inside a Google Summit on Diversity and Inclusion
Sadly, it doesn’t seem Google has learned much since James Damore’s firing.
Joseph Klein
· 6 min read
The Google Memo: A Counterfactual Response
An employee offers an alternative take on the notorious Google Memo.
Publius
· 4 min read
The Google Memo: Four Scientists Respond
Psychological differences make equal outcomes impossible. Equality or diversity. You can’t have both.
Lee Jussim, Geoffrey Miller, David P Schmitt, Debra Soh
· 14 min read