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'The Times piece notes that 24 of the company’s first 27 staffers were white, which — whatever you think about how big a role diversity should play in hiring — suggests a blind spot on the part of the founders'

Come on Jesse, this is nonsense and you know it.

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Even in cases where there are specific charges, people always seem to face this bind where enough is never enough. You write one white-text-on-black-field Instagram apology, then another, then another. In Vogt’s reply I think he correctly identified the problem: “while I am sure that the experience has changed me, I think trying to prove that is just not going to be good for anybody.” What can you do when critics don’t actually specify what it is that they want? That’s part of what makes them seem so Maoist; they demand an endless series of apologies, an endless process of thought reform. You can let yourself be tormented, or you can say “I’m done. I’ve said my piece. I’m launching a podcast - if you don’t like me, then don’t listen.” We need more of that. Don’t feed the crybullies.

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