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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by navait on Monday August 07, 2017 @01:44PM (#14949453)
My manager threatened one of my co-workers with termination if they didn't take a more proactive approach towards making the code he wrote more robust. He took out specific examples of shit code he wrote, and had us criticize it and the mindset that created it. It changed how he programmed for the better and his outlook towards his job.
Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by stagbeetle on Monday August 07, 2017 @01:58PM (#14949598)
The first step is to want to help.

Too many, all across the spectrum, have his mindset that people that do or think things they don't like should be destroyed and locked away from "civilized society." A common rebuttal I see from these sorts, after being questioned why they don't take it upon themselves to sit down and understand one another (I will concede there is a very very very small minority that this shouldn't be done with, but you're unlikely to ever interact with them), is that it's not their duty to help these people.

Unfortunately, this makes the issue worse when you start exiling certain groups and radicalized with hate.

Here's an interesting article (isolated incident) where those with extreme views were shown compassion and understanding, and ultimately disavowed their ideas:

Black Man Gets KKK Members To Disavow By Befriending Them: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-man-daryl-davis-be...

Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by fireflash38 on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#14949632)
I wouldn't consider that a change in worldview, which tend to be far more deeply ingrained.