I will tell you where it leads to. It leads to an idiocracy. We used to have a more merit based system, now we have an idiocracy. I don’t think we value merit we value trying to level the playing field so any ol person can compete. Why does my kid get a medal for lossing? I dont care what color race or sex you are I…

You think, that if things were actually based on merit, mainly (only?) white men would lose their jobs.

It’s actually ironic that many people have denounced this bit of writing because of the incorrect or contentious elements/facts, while blindly ignoring there is a strong and valid core and that very denunciation is actually evidence of much of the core underlying point of the latter half of the document, which is…

And which historically relavant matiarchies would those be

The idea that women are bad at negotiation is cited repeatedly by equal pay advocates. For example:  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/negotiating-challenges-for-women-leaders

There are very few “flaws in logic” pointed out and far more “OMG so sexist tech bro” etc.

Got to love how nearly every comment here affirms what the memo author said would happen. Moral reactions are emotional reactions and are not based on actual facts. The guy is trying to have a rational conversation. Disagreement is expect and is no doubt the desired outcome. Declaring him a racist and/or sexist ends…

There has never been a study, in the history of mankind, that demonstrated IQ is solely related to “flexing your brain.” That’s an asinine stance not rooted in any science.

We looked up 7,243 professors and found 3,623 to be registered Democratic and 314 Republican, for an overall D:R ratio of 11.5:1.

The fact that many here disagree with that utterly logical and soundly reasoned essay makes me realize that we have probably lost a generation to terminal politically correct groupthink .

The fact that you think anything I said is an attack is exactly the problem. You wrote that whole comment and I don’t even know if you meant to reply to me at this point.

Meh. “Race” is commonly used to describe “ethnicities”. Welcome to common language usage.

Ironically that was one of the points the email author is making.

“...One point being, we should be able to discuss this without instantly shaming/closing off the opposing viewpoint.”

Sheesh. This could have been so much worse. Not saying they are correct, just saying if he’s an asshole he’s at least a thoughtful one.