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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by pjc50 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:51AM (#24718228)
> Tech attracts an atypical more autism spectrum biased employee pool. This correlates with meritocratic believes.

This made me wince; while it's not straight up wrong it's a collection of generalisations about humans jammed together that deserves a slightly more delicate unpacking. Like opening an Amazon box and finding your electronics just fall out with no foam peanuts or other protection.

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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by PeterStuer on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:39AM (#24718991)
You are right that that is a delicate issue and could deserve a long treatise on its own. I tried to qualify it sufficiently, but it is easy to caricature as the first reply to my post already seems to do in a callous way.

It was most certainly not meant in any way to be derogatory, as I myself don't think of any of this in a negative way at all.

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