Venkatesh Rao

@vgr @ctbeiser Dogwhistling is an imperfect strategy. Opponents are trying to read your mind. If you don't internalize, slip-ups inevitable.

@KevinSimler @ctbeiser The point is, nuclear enforcement against slip-ups does not scale. They're already seeing their limits (Tim Hunt eg)

@vgr @KevinSimler It does scale. That's how preference falsification works.

@ctbeiser @KevinSimler Preference falsification is not the same thing as exercised power or complete control.

@vgr @ctbeiser I don't understand why language enforcement doesn't scale. What happened to Tim Hunt?

@KevinSimler @ctbeiser They got him out of UCL, sentiment swung in his favor, UCL lost more brand equity than Tim Hunt himself. Pyrrhic.

@vgr @KevinSimler Not sure that's quite a pyrrhic victory— lay-protestors of Hunt lost much less reputation than UCL.

@ctbeiser @KevinSimler I certainly think that woman who originally misreported conversation is now a pariah outside her small world