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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by djschnei on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:09AM (#17918665)
Then we don't need to social engineer it. Or worse, mandate it. Both of those strategies ALWAYS have negative side effects.
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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by emodendroket on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:21PM (#17920050)
Do businesses always behave perfectly rationally?
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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by djschnei on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @03:32PM (#17921147)
Farrrrrrr from it. Humans don't behave perfectly rationally. Humans often behave badly, in fact. I think you'd agree businesses are just humans (as are governments). That means they get all the beautiful and ugly traits we bring to them. That's why a strong legal framework to prevent business/other humans from using coercion against you and I is a great idea! That is what government is for!
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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by emodendroket on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:03PM (#17922916)
So then it doesn't follow that there is no need for intervention simply because it is in businesses' rational interest to promote diversity.
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