﻿{"id":15985,"date":"2017-10-19T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?p=15985"},"modified":"2017-10-19T11:05:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:05:38","slug":"duplicated-marni-soupcoff-theres-no-refuge-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/duplicated-marni-soupcoff-theres-no-refuge-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Marni Soupcoff: There&#8217;s No Refuge Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15874\" src=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RR-small-300x300.png\" alt=\"runnymede radio\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RR-small-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RR-small-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RR-small-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RR-small.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An autopsy of the Google memo with Marni Soupcoff, writer, commentator and policy analyst. Did Google have the legal and\/or moral right to fire Damore for his memo on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/355823379\/Google-s-Ideological-Echo-Chamber#from_embed\">Google&#8217;s ideological echo chamber<\/a>&#8220;? Is the incident a canary in the coalmine, or a microcosm for American society more broadly? What commonalities are there between the moral panic over the memo and that over sociologist Charles Murray&#8217;s controversial research on race and IQ? How would greater epistemological humility serve us in cases like this one? Does Google&#8217;s decision to fire Damore suggest that there is no refuge left for free speech, considering the decision in tandem with current university climates?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/355823379\/Google-s-Ideological-Echo-Chamber#from_embed\">Google&#8217;s Ideological Echo Chamber<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/opinion\/google-gender-memo-1.4240644\">Marni Soupcoff: Google axing someone for mouthing off was not a smart move<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/marni-soupcoff-damores-firing-latest-example-of-societys-intolerance-of-controversial-ideas\">Marni Soupcoff: Damore&#8217;s firing latest example of society&#8217;s intolerance of controversial ideas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samharris.org\/podcast\/item\/forbidden-knowledge\">Sam Harris: Forbidden Knowledge<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5461\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15985-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Marni_Soupcoff2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Marni_Soupcoff2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Marni_Soupcoff2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Marni_Soupcoff2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/?powerpress_pinw=15985-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Marni_Soupcoff2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Marni_Soupcoff2.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 32:47 &#8212; 57.6MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('15985-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_15985-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_15985-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/?powerpress_embed=15985-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readonly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An autopsy of the Google memo with Marni Soupcoff, writer, commentator and policy analyst. Did Google have the legal and\/or moral right to fire Damore for his memo on &#8220;Google&#8217;s ideological echo chamber&#8220;? Is the incident a canary in the coalmine, or a microcosm for American society more broadly? 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