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I am currently taking a class called Engineering Innovation and we had to read excerpts from this book called The Medici Effect. One chapter is focused on the importance of diversity in innovating. Here is an excerpt that is relevant. I am posting this since the book is for us STEM types, which GGers, etc. claim to be.

> How Diversity is the Foundation for Groundbreaking Innovation; Working with Diverse Groups of People

>During World War II, the Allies were fighting a losing battle against the German navy. When a German submarine spotted an Allied convoy, it would send a coded signal to other German submarines in the area. These submarines would then gather into a group formation, known as “wolf packs,” and attack the ship with punishing success. The Germans were amazingly effective; between 1940 and 1941 they sank more than fifty ships a month, leading to total casualties exceeding fifty thousand.

>The Allies were helpless against these attacks because they were unable to break the German coding system, which was produced via a coding machine known as the Enigma, the most formidable of ciphers. British intelligence therefore built the most formidable of code-breaking groups, headquartered in a large Victorian mansion called Bletchely Park. Although cryptologists had traditionally come from the field of linguistics, this group also contained mathematicians, scientists, classicists, chess grand masters, and crossword addicts, all of whom worked together under supreme secrecy. Together this diverse team managed to break the Enigma and, as a result, turned the tide of the naval battle.

>There is little doubt that diverse teams, like the one at Bletchely Park, have a greater chance of coming up with unique ideas. I don’t mean diversity only in terms of disciplines, but also in terms of culture, ethnicity, geography, age, and gender.
Diversity in teams allows different viewpoints, approaches, and frames of mind to emerge. Diversity is also a proven way to increase the randomness of concept combinations. It is often said that one of the reasons for the United States’ unparalleled innovation rate is its very diverse population. People who have experienced the innovative power of diverse teams tend to do everything they can to encourage them.

>Steve Miller is such a person. He is the former CEO and chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell, the world’s fourth-largest company. If you talk to Miller about innovation for any length of time, it becomes clear that he believes diversity is a critical ingredient. Globalization has made it a necessity for a multinational like Shell. “You begin to find that you get some really neat ideas generated from creating a culture where people of different ethnicities, cultures, backgrounds, [and] countries … come together,” he says. “Invariably you find that the best ideas come from this mosaic of players working together in a team on a project. They will come up with an answer that is different from what any one of them would have come up with individually.”

>Working with a diverse group of people, then, is a great way to increase creativity. Even though this may seem like an obvious truth, it is remarkable how seldom we use it. People tend to stick to their own disciplines and domains. They stick to their own ethnicities and cultures. Miller often sees managers who logically understand that a team with people from different backgrounds can be more creative since “you can intellectually work your way through that.” But most people have a difficult time going from understanding the logic of such an argument to actually applying it, Miller says. He believes it is easier to do if you have actually seen the power of diverse teams, “because then you really know that it works.”

There is a little more that talks about the psychology of why people tend to self-discriminate that I can add if anyone is interested.

Omg you've moved again revealed your profound ignorance. Are you capable of reading? That quote regarding supply effects was referring to earned income rather than capital gains. Cmon at least read if your going to try to pull a gotcha.

Your land isn't being taxed, the property on your land is what is taxed. It's an important distinction and no I shouldn't have to explain basic economic terminology to you. If you deem yourself qualified to comment on economic policy you should have at least an intermediate level understanding of microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis. I'm not going to spoon feed you.

I like how you didn't address the border adjustment tax as I linked. It is very much like a VAT tax, just sold under a different name. Please read before commenting.

I have no reason to entertain beginners mistakes. You went into this discussion in bad faith. I've caught you several times being unaware of economic concepts that even undergrads know. You've been spouting talking points hoping for them to stick. You're the reason the economic discourse in this country had dropped to the level of Donald Trump.

When I was an undergraduate, then had us read a very straightforward book that doesn't require any knowledge of advanced mathematics. It conveys the complex models underpinning economics in a very digestible format. I hope you abstain from commenting on matters of economic policy until you've acquired a bare minimum understanding. The political discourse in this country is abysmal and lacks rigor. I hope you decide to take steps to buck the trend that you're clearly contributing to.

https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Economics-Undressing-Science-Revised/dp/0393337642

> the north didnt fight the war out of love of black people. It was about changing economies and other political concerns. Thats why they had a vested interest in keeping southern whites in control of the social, political, and economic future of the south.

Not really though. You're right to say that it isn't the case that the north was without racist sin, it's almost as wrong to say that there was no difference in tone or degree between the regions. Or to say that there were no people driven by anti-racist morality to become abolitionists.

Your framing doesn't allow room for an early William Short or Noah Webster or Gilbert Imlay. (Though Imlay would spend much of his adult life in modern day Kentucky.)

It's perhaps more wrong to say 'white supremacy in the south was good for the north'. That leap of yours is pretty flimsy and doesn't bear out, and the analysis ignores the regional jockeying for congressional power.

edit: https://www.amazon.com/Bind-Apart-Enlightened-Americans-Segregation/dp/0465018416 You might be interested in reading this book, which just came out a few months ago.

I think they actually have a pretty strong auto workers union. The author of this book gave an interview on Majority Report, where he mentioned that Japan and Germany have stronger auto unions than the US, and they also never moved away from systems that gave auto unions power the way the US automakers did.

The interview is here, for anyone curious. It was really well done

"Embattled whiteness." That's a fascinating term for a very real phenomenon that I've always noticed. Like, you saw this at the start of the twentieth century too. Before "Eurabia," there was "the Yellow Peril" and other immigrant "menaces," and you see these anxieties reflected in the works of authors like H.P. Lovecraft. I've also noticed "embattled masculinity" that occurs whenever feminism challenges male privilege and traditional gender roles. Hell, this goes way back to the Victorian era.

I am now hooked on the "force thawing" measured in number of feminazis he can annoy in the mean time. I have to say, if he took the chicken out in the morning and left it to thaw slowly, he could have spent the whole day working on a cookbook that would have set all men free from the temptation of well prepared meals for ever.

Edit: Or a shorter way out, perhaps they should stockpile this book, to hand out to men in need?

Masculinity Studies is a huge field in Gender Studies, there are shelves and shelves full of books about masculinity. This book sounds like a good starting place: http://www.amazon.de/Masculinities-R-W-Connell/dp/0520246985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414234224&sr=8-1&keywords=masculinity

Porter is so convincing to many gamers/nerds, I believe, because nerds traditionally did not conform with at least some aspects of the "man box," which just makes this rabid anti-feminism and misogyny even harder to stomach for me.

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Does-He-That-Controlling/dp/0425191656

Please read

Cough Cough

Reminds me of Stephen Colbert's 2012 book titled America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't (which I haven't read). The blurb reads: "It's high time we restored America to the greatness it never lost!"

So yeah, America is flawless, yet it is going to Hell in a handbasket.

It seriously changed my outlook on all media forever after.

Pair it up with:

http://www.amazon.com/Arguments-Elimination-Television-Jerry-Mander/dp/0688082742/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418335579&sr=1-1&keywords=four+arguments+for+the+elimination+of+television

If you really want to feel bad about everything. :)

Honestly, get into STEM. Get everybody into stem. The reason people fall for psuedo-science so much is a fundamental lack of scientific literacy.

Even though the war that's being fought is cultural, it's only been made possible by the dynamics today by scientific literacy. Jordan Peterson himself has a background in clinical psychology and has years of Academic experience behind him, so he knows how to structure his talks to hit the right notes of the audience he has. The platforms that's enabling us to have these discussions are built by HTML, CSS, PSP and Python programmers. Mathematicians and statisticians structure and analyse the data that's used to gauge voter preferences and target impressionable people with propaganda and advertisements. If you're not extremely educated in this landscape, you're going to lose. It's easy to shit on people like Zucc as being an emotionless lizard man now but he created the platform that arguably controls a good amount of the public discourse.

We have computers in our pockets, and the majority of the people that use them don't even know how they work. If you haven't the privilege to get into a science or technology field then at least start reading books like Carl Sagan's Demon Haunted World and some Thomas Gilovich.

Well i've also read a ton of books by people that think O.J. is innocent(and i've read all the ones that think he's guilty) like these(all of which i'd highly recommend):
https://www.amazon.com/J-Guilty-But-Not-Murder/dp/0970205805

https://www.amazon.com/J-Innocent-Can-Prove/dp/1616086203

https://www.amazon.com/Double-Crossed-Blood-Constitutional-Suppression-Perversion/dp/1881524884

https://www.amazon.com/Justice-Defeated-Victims-Simpson-American/dp/1434372227/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=OJ+justice+defeated&qid=1565219697&s=books&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Exhibit-Simpson-murder-trial/dp/1456313169

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Time-Investigation-Unsolved-Murders/dp/0028613406

https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Evidence-Prosecution-J-Simpson/dp/0688144136/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZAGNY4RKECR5QVKZDM0B



https://www.amazon.com/Madam-Foreman-Armanda-Cooley-ebook/dp/B007EHCEZG/ref=sr_1_15?keywords=O.J.+simpson+trial+jury&qid=1565219443&s=books&sr=1-15

https://www.amazon.com/Solving-Simpson-Mystery-Christopher-Springer/dp/0964964961

https://www.amazon.com/Frame-Century-J-Neil-Schulman/dp/1584450606



Honestly the O.J. trial is where white rage towards minorities really became obvious as even liberals failed badly with how they covered the trial.


There's a few other good books about the case but they are VERY pricey:
https://www.amazon.com/If-Oj-Didnt-Shocking-Answers/dp/0964964910/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=If+O.J.+Didn%27t...%3A+The+Shocking+Answers+the+Trial+Did+Not+Give+You&qid=1565220016&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmr0

https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Oath-Conspiracy-Murder-Simpson/dp/1568250584/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=blood+oath+oj&qid=1565220057&s=books&sr=1-1

Counterpoint

Most of the "violence" people have been worried about from Trump protests has been property damage anyway. Don't beat up people in MAGA hats [who aren't otherwise threatening people etc]. Intimidate Trump, or the outright Neo-Nazis, not your dumb neighbors. Beyond that... extraordinary times.

I'm surprised this one wasn't on there.

Edit: Link fail. Fixed now. Fuck you and the parentheses in your title, Ann Coulter.

Sigh. This is the same kind of shit that led to people bitching about Ancillary Justice.

Use 'he' as the default, and nobody minds. Use 'she' as the default, and some people suddenly flip their shit.