Google executive Eric Schmidt, man, makes total ass of himself at SXSW
Between high-stakes discrimination suits and the dubious behavior of so-called allies, there’s a tempest of awful gender relations in right now in Silicon Valley. But the loudest storms that make headlines are only a small part of tech’s sexism problem. It’s not just bad weather, it’s bad climate — lots of small patterns that add up to a persistent mess. And as Eric Schmidt demonstrated today at SXSW, even top executives are capable of fueling the storm.
In a panel today, The Wall Street Journal reports, Schmidt had lots of thoughts about gender diversity in the technology industry — and often interrupted co-panelist Megan Smith, the US’s chief technologist and Schmidt’s former colleague, to share them with the audience. At one point, W…
Source:: The Verge
