Re:We need more of Richard Stallman, not less
by mschuster91 on Monday June 19, 2023 @08:41AM
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> I don't care what your background is, I care what you bring to the table.
The problem is that there will always be biases in hiring, "meritocracy" is a myth. It has been shown numerous times (e.g. [1]) that there is a significant bias towards men even if male and female candidates are equal, with the most decisive bias being an assumption that women may not be willing/able to work longer hours.
Besides, meritocracy is fraught with other issues as well, see e.g. [2][3][4] for more detailed writeups than I could possibly write here in a HN comment.
The problem is that there will always be biases in hiring, "meritocracy" is a myth. It has been shown numerous times (e.g. [1]) that there is a significant bias towards men even if male and female candidates are equal, with the most decisive bias being an assumption that women may not be willing/able to work longer hours.
Besides, meritocracy is fraught with other issues as well, see e.g. [2][3][4] for more detailed writeups than I could possibly write here in a HN comment.
[1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08912432221137...
[2] https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/how-meritocracy-worse...
[3] https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/a-belief-in-meritocracy-is...
[4] https://www.noemamag.com/the-dark-side-of-meritocracy/