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Re:Tech Employee's Pledge not to participate in racial or re... by ForHackernews on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @06:54AM (#13175332)
Can you see my reply elsewhere on this thread? Can you genuinely imagine a scenario where you be prompted to take action based on this pledge?
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Re:Tech Employee's Pledge not to participate in racial or re... by mundo on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:07PM (#13178741)
If you read any of the pieces discussing the late Thomas Schelling's contribution to game theory, you know that making a pledge to do X if Y occurs is a perfectly sound strategy to discourage Y from happening.
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Re:Tech Employee's Pledge not to participate in racial or re... by ForHackernews on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:50PM (#13179526)
What if Y has already happened?

I submit that large tech companies already have existent today, "databases of identifying information...to target individuals based on race, religion, or national origin. "

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