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0 pointsrudedogg7y ago0 comments

> doing less good than a perfect-information solution, will still almost certainly do more good than harm.

This thread, and past threads on this subject turn into an absolute shit-show and cause tribalism/division. I feel like that is evidence enough that these policies are harmful.

When you do/don't get a job there's uncertainty around the reason. Was it my experience/skill-set, or race/gender/sexual orientation/religion? It feels like we're trying to fix discrimination by forcing everyone to feel like they might be experiencing it.

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jpfed7y ago

It doesn't show that they're harmful; it shows that they have a cost. The question is whether the benefit exceeds the cost, which depends on making some sort of quantifiable conversion rate between "acrimony and uncertainty" versus "more women getting coding jobs".

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0 pointsrudedogg7y ago0 comments

> doing less good than a perfect-information solution, will still almost certainly do more good than harm.

This thread, and past threads on this subject turn into an absolute shit-show and cause tribalism/division. I feel like that is evidence enough that these policies are harmful.

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jpfed7y ago

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