"she was getting paid handsomely while calling out her bosses by name and taking them through the dirt. I have nothing but respect for people willing to fall on their sword for the sake of making the world a better place. "
There is a major implied assumption here that those she was 'calling out' were actually doing bad things.
I sincerely doubt this of Jeff Dean & Co. and a look at this specifics of the Timnit case I don't think make Google look bad.
In summary - she was castigating her managers and peers who were actually acting within reason.
This employee was toxic, furthering more toxicity.
Just because you believe that you're 'doing good' doesn't mean that you are, or those who you disagree with are evil.
This is the big blind spot of (some of) the ostensible promoters of Social Justice: the self absolution and assumption of perfect moral clarity.
Ironically, Google is full of good people, more or less, by virtue of their every day practices, making the world a tiny bit of a better places. (Except for the anti-competitive things of course, but that's more strategic impetus)
There is a major implied assumption here that those she was 'calling out' were actually doing bad things.
I sincerely doubt this of Jeff Dean & Co. and a look at this specifics of the Timnit case I don't think make Google look bad.
In summary - she was castigating her managers and peers who were actually acting within reason.
This employee was toxic, furthering more toxicity.
Just because you believe that you're 'doing good' doesn't mean that you are, or those who you disagree with are evil.
This is the big blind spot of (some of) the ostensible promoters of Social Justice: the self absolution and assumption of perfect moral clarity.
Ironically, Google is full of good people, more or less, by virtue of their every day practices, making the world a tiny bit of a better places. (Except for the anti-competitive things of course, but that's more strategic impetus)