I think the nut of his mistake is that if you don't ask people to tone down their response to the Damore memo, the environment will be hostile to SpaceX and Bitcoin. And come on you cover Silicon Valley. SV is plenty fine with that kind of idea.
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Sure. But our criteria for deciding what topics are in-bounds for discussion can’t simply be that a consensus has formed around them. There was a day when the consensus view was that women couldn’t be as effective as CEOs as men. I’m glad that’s changed.
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What views that we currently hold should change over next 50 years? I think we can be confident that some ideas we find offensive today will one day be accepted (and for the better). Most of the offensive ideas wont be, but there’s no way to know the difference before the fact
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Sure. And if the "controversial ideas" are not being used as excuses to block efforts to make the group of people in our community less homogenous, then it's probably not one of the topics I'm talking about.
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I think this definition is a slippery slope. For example, our public transit infrastructure plays a big role in racial segregation in cities. When discussing transit, should it be unacceptable to propose ideas that might exacerbate the problem?
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Would it be inappropriate to say “yes, this proposal increases racial and socioeconomic segregation, but the safety and cost benefits outweigh those problems?”
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I think it would probably be ok if, when you say that, a lot of people got upset and you were inundated with replies. The idea that "sometimes I get attacked when I say this" = "it's impossible to talk about it" is just privilege talking.
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I'm not trying to discuss what should be allowed. Nor is Sam, I think. Certainly I think criticism should be allowed. That's not the point. An overzealous reaction to those ideas will suppress discussion of them, which will ultimately be bad for everyone.
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And, yes, it's a privilege to be heard and to have my ideas thoughtfully considered. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be a goal.
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