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OnlySubs with James Lindsay, Episode 135 This episode is available exclusively for New Discourses contributors on the following platforms: Facebook Locals Odysee Patreon Subscribestar Substack YouTube Members What we now call Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training in virtually any format, including “cultural competence” and “unconscious bias” trainings, derive from an earlier program more simply known as “Sensitivity Training.” Well, in 1974, the CIA published an internal memo about whether or not Sensitivity Training (or “Encounter Group” training) is appropriate for the agency, and they determined that it is not. The reasons are really something too: it creates groupthink, destroys independent thought, …
OnlySubs with James Lindsay, Episode 135 This episode is available exclusively for New Discourses contributors on the following platforms: Facebook Locals Odysee Patreon Subscribestar Substack YouTube Members What we now call Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training in virtually any format, including “cultural competence” and “unconscious bias” trainings, derive from an earlier program more simply known as “Sensitivity Training.” Well, …