Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by wickawic on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:33PM
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It is both frustrating and enlighening to see that almost all replies to your comments and comment chains therein are grappling with your note that poor women may possibly have it harder than men. HN is not a good place to discuss issues relating to marginalized people; as a whole this is the least marginalized forum I could think of.
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Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by zo1 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:59PM
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That's most likely due to the fact that this article/topic was non-gendered, or gender-neutral. And that the poster decided to inject it into the conversation. It may be a pertinent matter to discuss, or not, but it acted as a focal point in that comment.
To be fair, I stopped reading that post at that point and moved on to the discussion chains. Only afterwards did I come back to it.
Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by DoreenMichele on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:37PM
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I actually think the discussion is going really well overall.
Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by wickawic on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:50PM
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I agree with you because it is civil and good points are being made. As a general point though notice that assertions about women are met with requests for sources, but assertions about men are assumed true.
Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by DoreenMichele on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:01PM
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I hadn't really noticed, so I will just assume you are correct. But:
It is an overwhelmingly male forum. So not surprising that men generally are more aware of male reality than of female reality.
There have also been rebuttals of the worst and most inaccurate pro male comments.
Most people here seem to genuinely be interested in understanding and not merely looking to shoot me down.
It used to be a great deal more onesided and challenging, to the point where you couldn't say anything about the reality of women's lives without it being a flamewar or beatdown.