Shades of last century's Aldous Huxley's Brave New World with its caste structure and indoctrination and Big Brother punishing thoughtcrime through sweet-sounding Newspeak. As posted here a few days ago, Google's white female V.P. and chief diversity and inclusion officer, People Operations, fired a white engineer for expressing diverse thoughts about gender, ethnicity, and race in engineering that didn't meet Google's standards for diversity and inclusiveness.  She explained: Part of building an open, inclusive environment means fostering a culture in which those with alternative views, including different political views, feel safe sharing their opinions. But that discourse needs to work alongside the principles of equal employment found in our Code of Conduct, policies, and anti-discrimination laws. Got that? Perhaps it wasn't her fault; an oppressive male, Google's CEO, made her do it.  But he's a man...(Read Full Post)