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[Classic] Contra Grant On Exaggerated Differences

Astral Codex Ten Podcast

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How to Make Math People-Oriented

If there were as many elementary school computer science teachers as there are math teachers, gender balance would equalize without any other effort. Figure out a way to make math people-oriented and women flock to it. This theory gives everyone what they want. It explains the data about women in tech. And it explains which medical subspecialties women will be dominant or underrepresented in. In part 5, why am I writing this? Grant's piece was in response to a person at Google sending out a memo claiming some of this stuff.

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