Comment on Silicon Valley Isn’t a MeritocracyparentComments−xrctl12yI would submit that mind sports are the most meritocratic subculture; performance is statistically ranked and sometimes measured directly.And........ we find that there are no women at the top.There is 1 woman in the top 100 at speedcubing [1].There is 1 woman in the top 100 at chess.There are only a few women in the top 100 at scrabble [2].There is only one woman in the top 100 at Go (EGF).[1] http://rcm-papers.info/gender-and-speedcubing.html[2] http://rcm-papers.info/gender-and-scrabble.html−jacalata12yHere's one story of why a girl quit playing competitive chess as a teenager: http://fanoudraws.tumblr.com/post/68091072768/sorry-this-pos...
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I would submit that mind sports are the most meritocratic subculture; performance is statistically ranked and sometimes measured directly.
And........ we find that there are no women at the top.
There is 1 woman in the top 100 at speedcubing [1].
There is 1 woman in the top 100 at chess.
There are only a few women in the top 100 at scrabble [2].
There is only one woman in the top 100 at Go (EGF).
[1] http://rcm-papers.info/gender-and-speedcubing.html
[2] http://rcm-papers.info/gender-and-scrabble.html
Here's one story of why a girl quit playing competitive chess as a teenager: http://fanoudraws.tumblr.com/post/68091072768/sorry-this-pos...