“You should take this as completely speculative. Obviously I’m just guessing. But something about the memo didn’t seem quite authentic, and I’ve read quite a few similar ones.”— Kevin Drum, motherjones.com
“We always ask why we don't see women in top leadership positions, but we never ask why we see so many men in these jobs. These positions often require long, stressful hours that may not be worth it if you want a balanced and fulfilling life. Status is the primary metric that men are judged on, pushi…”— James Damore, medium.com
“At Google, we talk so much about unconscious bias as it applies to race and gender, but we rarely discuss our moral biases. Political orientation is actually a result of deep moral preferences and thus biases. Considering that the overwhelming majority of the social sciences, media, and Google lean…”— James Damore, gizmodo.com
“Dear Google, stop teaching my girl that her path to financial freedom lies not in coding but in complaining to HR.”— Eric Weinstein, twitter.com
“What you just did was incredibly stupid and harmful. You just put out a manifesto inside the company arguing that some large fraction of your colleagues are at root not good enough to do their jobs, and that they’re only being kept in their jobs because of some political ideas.”— Yonatan Zunger, medium.com
“That Google anti-diversity manifesto is some seriously entry-level Reddit MRA board intellectually vapid bullshit.”— Elizabeth Spiers, twitter.com
“I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never…”— James Damore, gizmodo.com
“Diversity and inclusion are a fundamental part of our values and the culture we continue to cultivate. We are unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company, and we'll continue to stand for that and be committed to it for the long haul.”— Danielle Brown, motherboard.vice.com