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throwa356262yesterday at 10:40 PM3 repliesview on HN

That was a crazy period when Google first fired him, then fired people criticising him, and then fired people criticising the people that just got fired.

But let's be honest, the guy was kind of unhinged. I would not have fired him, but neither would I have kept him in my team.


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lokaryesterday at 10:43 PM

I agree, internally, looking at a fuller picture of his activity, he was off. Constantly bringing the subject up out of context, starting fights, etc. but they should have just warned him.

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dparktoday at 12:02 AM

> but neither would I have kept him in my team

Let’s be honest, though. That’s firing from your team.

3adk1ayesterday at 10:48 PM

He wasn't unhinged, he somewhat clumsily posted evolutionary biology literature fragments on a channel where it would offend parts of the readers.

In response to a "let a thousand flowers bloom and speak your mind" request from Google management snakes. The problem is that some tech people take these requests seriously.

Google of course has identified itself as Trump sycophants and hypocrites by now. Maybe they should invite Jordan Peterson, Gad Saad and Elon Musk to give keynote speeches.

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