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An Anonymous Coward writes:

http://quillette.com/2017/08/31/google-memo-economist-nothing/ [quillette.com]

This may come as a surprise to those who developed their opinion about it, not by reading the memo itself, but by absorbing accounts of it in the popular press. The misrepresentation began as soon as the story broke.
In order to substantiate these serious accusations, The Economist had to expose flaws in his arguments, or provide sound arguments of its own. It endeavors to do both. “Now that we’ve worked out what your memo is really about,” begins this effort, “let’s examine its argument.” Most of the debate about James Damore’s memo has focused on its claims about gender, diversity, and affirmative action. Those themes were indeed central to the purpose of the memo. But also important were themes that often got overlooked: reason, open discussion, and classical liberalism.

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