{"594117":{"#nid":"594117","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A Googler\u0027s Would-Be Manifesto Reveals Tech\u0027s Rotten Core","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;A Googler\u0026rsquo;s Would-Be Manifesto Reveals Tech\u0026rsquo;s Rotten Core\u0026rdquo; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn anonymous Google software engineer\u0026rsquo;s 10-page fulmination against workplace diversity was leaked from internal company communications systems, including an internal version of Google+, the company\u0026rsquo;s social network, and another service that\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGizmodo\u003C\/em\u003E, which\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1797564320\/amp\u0022\u003Epublished the full memo\u003C\/a\u003E, called an \u0026ldquo;internal meme network.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m simply stating that the distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes,\u0026rdquo; the Googler writes, \u0026ldquo;and that these differences may explain why we don\u0026rsquo;t see equal representation of women in tech and leadership.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe memo has drawn rage and dismay since its appearance Saturday, when it was first\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/kzbm4a\/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMotherboard\u003C\/em\u003E. It seemed to dash hopes that much progress has been made in unraveling the systemic conditions that produce and perpetuate inequity in the technology industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/08\/why-is-tech-so-awful\/536052\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-08-07 14:42:10","changed_gmt":"2017-08-24 14:54:08","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/08\/why-is-tech-so-awful\/536052\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594940":{"id":"594940","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1503584868","gmt_created":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","changed":"1503584868","gmt_changed":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226734","name":"Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66318,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg?itok=gSmYnzGU"}}},"media_ids":["594940"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175096","name":"equalizing pay"},{"id":"175097","name":"breaking the glass ceiling"},{"id":"175098","name":"Workplace equity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}