The Real Teens of Silicon Valley: Nellie Bowles goes inside the almost-adult lives of the industry’s newest recruits. Jessie Frazelle on why this industry is fucked: “My least favorite topic in the world is ‘Women in Tech’, so I am going to make this short but I think it’s something that needs to be said”. Lauren C. Williams on the women who are using industry discrimination to change tech. Here is a an open letter on the state of women of color in technology. A black man walks into Silicon Valley and tries to get a job. Behind Silicon Valley’s self-critical tone on diversity, a lack of progress. Silicon Valley is soul-sucking: Alison Stevenson interviews Matt Takaichi. Jeff Bercovici on why we need to talk more about mental illness in tech and business. For an industry based on empirical science and employing large numbers of engineers, Silicon Valley has been remarkably incurious about the scientific basis of mindfulness, probably because the “neuroplasticity” concept is just too alluring.
