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Google is struggling to discuss the recent diversity memo controversy internally:
Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, canceled a scheduled all-hands staff meeting—moments before it was scheduled to begin—meant to address concerns over a controversial essay published by former employee James Damore.
In an email to staff, Pichai explained that questions from employees had been leaked and that, in some cases, specific employees' identities were revealed, exposing them to harassment and threats. Instead of today's large-scale meeting, which was to be livestreamed to Google's 60,000 employees worldwide, smaller groups will meet sometime in the future.
"We had hoped to have a frank open discussion today as we always do to bring us together and move forward. But our Dory questions appeared externally this afternoon, and on some websites Googlers are now being named personally," Pichai said in the email.
Also at CNET.
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Friday August 11 2017, @03:34PM (1 child)
Ah, shoot. I realized I was being insensitive to the monkeys who are users here (I think we have at least 2 or so, likely more) after I posted that. Thank you for calling me on that. My apologies. I'm sorry! Won't happen again!
I agree, among the primates, it seems to be only humans who have these abstract concepts such as heresy. Too bad we probably won't know when it comes to Neanderthals or other extinct primates. Unless we have a few around here!
What about houseflies? No, bees! IANABeekeeper, but from what I understand, gender works quite differently among insects. So, it could be the case that a bee would have great difficulty comprehending mammalian gender.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @10:03PM
Both of you are not giving the smarter monkeys enough credit. Chimps know all about jealousy, anger, hate, and warfare. Humans aren't as special as they think.