the convergence of biology and computing isnt too far; i'd far prefer to use algorithms that have evolved over several million years to ones my stupid brain comes up with; there's just no comparison
- Abhijit Kadle
Many women feel they have to choose between their children and their careers. Women who prosper in high-pressure companies during their 20s drop out in dramatic numbers in their 30s and then find it almost impossible to regain their earlier momentum. Less-skilled women are trapped in poorly paid jobs with hand-to-mouth child-care arrangements. Motherhood, not sexism, is the issue: in America, childless women earn almost as much as men, but mothers earn significantly less. And those mothers’ relative poverty also disadvantages their children.
- xistinchaos
What do you make of the situation in India?
- Abhijit Kadle
With the following as our aim we have some way to go -- "All this argues, mostly, for letting the market do the work. That has not stopped calls for hefty state intervention of the Scandinavian sort. Norway has used threats of quotas to dramatic effect. Some 40% of the legislators there are women. All the Scandinavian countries provide plenty of state-financed nurseries. They have the...
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- xistinchaos
There is absence of equal opportunity employment here and I think I am beginning to favour legislative intervention, where, if only due to the law, more women can participate.
- xistinchaos