[Xmca-l] The Culture Filter is in The Mind

[Annalisa Aguilar]

Hello world!


Apparently the culture filter is being used in Silicon Valley to replicate previous incarnations of privilege:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/opinion/joe-nocera-silicon-valleys-mirror-effect.html<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/opinion/joe-nocera-silicon-valleys-mirror-effect.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0>


What is annoying is that it is also being called a meritocracy.


Also see:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/23/us/gender-gaps-stanford-94.html?


Perhaps the mind has more control on tool creation and tool use than we think?


Kind regards,


Annalisa