Thanks for these links to interesting reading. These are topics I care deeply about. I'd be very interested in related analyses around specific forms or instances of open source governance.
Kenn On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 6:21 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > I read the article last week when it was doing the rounds, and I must > admit I find it confusing. It appears to state that because we haven't > yet achieved equity, we shouldn't bother striving for it. This seems > false and harmful. > > I'm not aware of anybody (ok, fine, I am aware of one person) that > thinks that Apache has arrived at meritocratic ideals. Rather, we strive > towards them. If it's the *word* that's objectionable, sure, fine. But > abandoning the *ideal* doesn't seem like a desired outcome. > > I acknowledge that I am the recipient of enormous luck and privilege. I > certainly don't believe that I have arrived where I am in the world > purely by hard work. And frankly, citing Stuart Varney as representative > of ... well, anything or anyone, is, itself, kind of comic. He's a > pompous blow-hard with a lengthy history of arrogant remarks about > unsavory poor people who are not as wonderful as himself. I understand > that these people exist, but citing them as representative seems weird. > > I would, however, ask what it is, specifically, that you're suggesting. > > On 3/20/19 5:49 AM, Naomi Slater wrote: > > this article crossed my news feed today: > > > > > https://www.fastcompany.com/40510522/meritocracy-doesnt-exist-and-believing-it-does-is-bad-for-you > > > > here's a key takeaway: > > > >> [...] in companies that explicitly held meritocracy as a core value, > > managers assigned greater rewards to male employees over female employees > > with identical performance evaluations. This preference disappeared where > > meritocracy was not explicitly adopted as a value. > > > > many aspects of this piece mirror something I wrote for Model View > Culture > > a few years ago: > > https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-open-source-identity-crisis > > > > namely, that "the meritocracy" is a status quo supporting, hierarchy > > legitimizing myth used to justify people's existing social status and > > treatment > > > > I'll say what I've said before: it's long since time for us to critically > > examine the way we use the concept of "meritocracy" at Apache (this is > > especially true in 2019 given what we know about the lack of diversity at > > the ASF) > > > > when I was writing about this in 2014, I was already a few years behind > the > > curve re discourse about culture and tech diversity. it's now 2019 and > even > > FastCompany is writing about it > > > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com > http://rcbowen.com/ > @rbowen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
