James Damore talks with Dave Rael about diversity, understanding, discourse, psychology, and differences
Chapters:
0:52 - The story of James, the "Google Manifesto Guy"5:21 - James on unconscious bias7:57 - Biological essentialism10:41 - Humility13:24 - Sources of psychological differences between men and women14:55 - Troublesome vocabulary and individual interest in software19:56 - The nature of software development22:20 - James on the value of diversity24:38 - Psychological safety27:30 - Growth mindset and asking for what you need35:28 - Efficacy of diversity programs37:28 - Disadvantages of diversity programs41:25 - Support and interactions43:07 - Judgment and de-moralizing diversity45:52 - Alienation of conservatives48:21 - Hostile work environments and a call for understanding50:46 - Psychological traits and troublesome vocabulary52:55 - James's suggestion to de-emphasize empathy55:19 - Conscientiousness and green-field (building new systems) vs brown-field (maintaining existing systems) in software development56:53 - Discrimination60:19 - Downsides of being a "diversity candidate"63:31 - Gender bias in hiring - also the difficulty of choosing science papers66:30 - Understanding for the experiences of others68:13 - James's experience with the response to his document74:00 - A lawsuit toward Google76:04 - Going to the sourceResources:
James's SiteThe Document in QuestionImplicit-association testJordan PetersonJames on the Rubin ReportJames on the Joe Rogan ExperienceDave's Software Developer Podcast - Developer On FirePair programmingPsychological safetyMindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol S. DweckExpectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines - Sarah-Jane Leslie, Andrei Cimpian, Meredith Meyer, Edward FreelandA Way to Detect Bias - Paul GrahamMatthew 7:15-20 - "You Will Know Them by Their Fruits"Virtue SignalingBig Five personality traitsPaul BloomPaul Bloom on Waking Up with Sam Harris - The Virtues of Cold BloodThaddeus Russell - The Unregistered PodcastGlenn Loury on Unregistered with Thaddeus RussellJames on Freedomain Radio with Stefan MolyneuxJames with Jordan Peterson
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