Re:Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs beca...
by davorak on Saturday May 26, 2018 @03:39PM
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>> .. and thinks it's because his being white/male makes him inherently better ...
> could you clarify how you reached this conclusion about someone specific,
I have seen/heard of this in academia. The specific case I know about was a good chunk of a graduate math department. The attitude seemed to come from the top down mostly, but the graduate students seemed to repeat/reflect the attitude/culture.
Other conversations here give me the impression such ideas might be experiencing an uptick in expression, if not popularity in tech.
Re:Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs beca...
by vanderZwan on Saturday May 26, 2018 @04:34PM
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davorak was on the money: it was someone working in academia. Genetics, heritability of IQ. You can probably fill in the rest.
Could you clarify how you reached this conclusion about someone specific, as opposed to a generalized fear such a person might exist?
In many years in the tech/engineering business I have never seen anyone express such a sentiment, despite having worked with more than my fair share of unpleasant people.
Presumption of competence, or obliviousness to one's own advantages are certainly present in the community. But I have not seen anyone express such supremacist ideas before.