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I'd say what for-profit companies do is the best indicator we have of the value of gender balance vs. just-making-something-people-want [to buy]--there's an imb
by nuaccnt 14y ago
I'd say what for-profit companies do is the best indicator we have of the value of gender balance vs. just-making-something-people-want [to buy]--there's an imbalance in those too. Apple, for example, has an all male executive team. Microsoft has one woman (hr). Google has a few women (pr, hr/lobbying and marketing).
http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/ http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/
http://www.google.com/about/company/facts/management/ http://www.google.com/about/company/facts/management/
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/exec/slt.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/exec/slt.aspx
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/programming-and-development/it-gender-gap-where-are-the-female-programmers/2386 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/programming-and-development...
I expect an objection that assumes for-profit businesses don't act rationally to maximize profit, I won't pursue that.
- EliRivers 14y ago"I expect an objection that assumes for-profit businesses don't act rationally to maximize profit, I won't pursue that." Why not? Sounds like a valid objection that undermines your entire argument.
- nuaccnt 14y agoIt would be, if it was provably or probably true. I don't think it is. But I wasn't (and I'm not) going to spend an hour arguing the point. Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_order http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_order
- EliRivers 14y agoWell I do think it is, and I've provided as much argument as you, so I suppose we'll just have to accept that we'll never know.