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  <title><![CDATA[A Googler's Would-Be Manifesto Reveals Tech's Rotten Core]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote&nbsp;&ldquo;A Googler&rsquo;s Would-Be Manifesto Reveals Tech&rsquo;s Rotten Core&rdquo; for&nbsp;<strong><em>The Atlantic</em></strong>.</p>

<p>Excerpt:</p>

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<p>An anonymous Google software engineer&rsquo;s 10-page fulmination against workplace diversity was leaked from internal company communications systems, including an internal version of Google+, the company&rsquo;s social network, and another service that&nbsp;<em>Gizmodo</em>, which&nbsp;<a href="http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1797564320/amp">published the full memo</a>, called an &ldquo;internal meme network.&rdquo;</p>

<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m simply stating that the distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes,&rdquo; the Googler writes, &ldquo;and that these differences may explain why we don&rsquo;t see equal representation of women in tech and leadership.&rdquo;</p>

<p>The memo has drawn rage and dismay since its appearance Saturday, when it was first&nbsp;<a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google">reported</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>Motherboard</em>. 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.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>For the full article, read&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/why-is-tech-so-awful/536052/">here</a>.</p>
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