Zoe Schiffer
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yes.
This was, I think, a 2017 story, maybe even a little earlier than that, where a Google engineer put out a memo basically talking about the biological differences between men and women to the point of, like, why we don't see as many female engineers because this was in the midst of Google trying to, like, do a lot of diversity and inclusion initiatives.
And it went completely viral online.
The CEO had to weigh in.
Ultimately, James Damore was fired from Google for this memo and then went on to sue and has become kind of like, I think he lives in Berlin and he's like an internet personality now.
But yeah, this was like, this was a, it was a big deal when it happened.
Yeah, I feel like that's a line we should be able to walk.
Okay, Leah, what's yours?
Rest of the day off.
Calm time.
Mandatory calm time.
No, you have to watch it.
Brian, this is like actually really important.
Yeah, I think this makes sense because you're like, Wired was millennial nostalgia or like millennial je ne sais quoi.
I'm going to speed through mine.
I think we published an article this week about how all the tech guys are all in on Zen.
I feel like Zen is tired, not just because my husband has a very hate-hate relationship with his possible Zen addiction that's constantly being talked about in my household.
I just feel like we need to move past this.
Coffee is right there for you.
But recently, I'm a little late to this, so maybe it doesn't count as a Wired, but a friend of mine was saying that she was researching an article about peptides and was