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Interview with Susan Fowler

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Re: Interview with Susan Fowler

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Post by 6841iam »

While her post did send shockwaves inside Uber and the Silicon Valley at large, I think, it was Mr. Kalanick's incriminating involvement in the Waymo - Uber lawsuit that ultimately sunk Mr. Kalanick. He simply had to go.

Re: Interview with Susan Fowler

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Post by atomical »

> “I think, right now especially, with Trump in the White House, who knows what’s going on with North Korea?"

Why are people so worried about going to war with North Korea? There are concentration camps in North Korea. Are South Korean and American lives worth more than the lives of those in concentration camps? The USA tried to create a free Korea during the Korean War and failed because of China and Russia. We need to try again to clean up this mess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoeryong_concentration_camp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodok_concentration_camp

Re: Interview with Susan Fowler

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Post by solidsnack9000 »

Her background is pretty non-traditional. Such people tend to be independent and consequently have a lot of integrity -- they do the career destroying things that almost nobody does.

    The only woman on the board then,
    Arianna Huffington, who had vowed
    that the culture of “brilliant
    jerks” must end, had been trying
    to help Mr. Kalanick by advising
    him to sleep more and meditate.
    But he caused another kerfuffle
    when he chose to meditate in the
    lactation room.
This sounds like an environment where people were really banking on no one ever saying anything about anything -- which is just not a prudent thing to do.

Re: Interview with Susan Fowler

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Post by farnsworth »

atomical wrote: post #4

> “I think, right now especially, with Trump in the White House, who knows what’s going on with North Korea?" Why are people so worried about going to war with North Korea? There are concentration camps in North Korea. Are South Korean and American lives worth more than the lives of those in concentration camps? The USA tried to create a free Korea during the Korean War and failed because of China and Russia. We need…

I'm not at all confident in the ability of the US to "clean up this mess". Similar arguments were made before the war in Iraq. I won't defend Saddam but I don't think you can argue that the average Iraqi ended up better off.

Re: Interview with Susan Fowler

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Post by kajecounterhack »

jsemrau wrote: post #2

I think the notion of the article is wrong. She did not bring down Travis. The misogynist culture he helped to create did.

Her writing exposing [the misogynist culture that he helped create] was a major catalyst, so the phrasing "she brought down the CEO" is fair. Maybe be better at picking semantic nits?

Re: Interview with Susan Fowler

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Post by adamnemecek »

farnsworth wrote: post #6
atomical wrote: post #4

> “I think, right now especially, with Trump in the White House, who knows what’s going on with North Korea?" Why are people so worried about going to war with North Korea? There are concentration camps in North Korea. Are South Korean and American lives worth more than the lives of those in concentration camps? The USA tried to create a free Korea during the Korean War and failed because of China and Russia. We need…

I'm not at all confident in the ability of the US to "clean up this mess". Similar arguments were made before the war in Iraq. I won't defend Saddam but I don't think you can argue that the average Iraqi ended up better off.

You are overssimplifying the situation. Iraq and NK are/were both dictatorships but the similarity ends there. Cultural differences go very far.

Re: Interview with Susan Fowler

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Post by kajecounterhack »

solidsnack9000 wrote: post #5

Her background is pretty non-traditional. Such people tend to be independent and consequently have a lot of integrity -- they do the career destroying things that almost nobody does. The only woman on the board then, Arianna Huffington, who had vowed that the culture of “brilliant jerks” must end, had been trying to help Mr. Kalanick by advising him to sleep more and meditate. But he caused another kerfuffle when he…

"Her background is pretty non-traditional. Such people tend to be independent and consequently have a lot of integrity"

Uh is that something you can support with facts? She's just an independent person with integrity. I don't see how it has to be a consequence of what you qualify as a "non-traditional background."

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