gender bias

Here I am…. You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to understand that other people’s comfort is no longer my job. I am no longer a flight attendant. Patricia Ireland In the first chapter of Intuition Pumps, the philosopher Daniel Dennett makes the point that making, acknowledging and exploring mistakes is "the key to making progress". In Dennett's view a good mistake is one that can "light the way for everybody". So, in that spirit I want to acknowledge and explore one of my recent mistakes. A few days ago, [...]