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hi1234567890on Google employee fired over diversity row considers legal action

Question to everyone. 1: Do you think forced diversity is a good thing? Is it an attack on those with ability? 2: Is this a variant of the PC movement? Do you consider this an attack on free speech?

hi1234567890on Fear is America’s top-selling consumer product

Ok, you got me there.

hi1234567890on Fear is America’s top-selling consumer product

I acknowledge your comment. I didn't have time to go into the level of detail to merit a full argument. Think of it as "manner of speaking".

hi1234567890on As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers replace workers with robots

I didn't realize this would prompt so much emotion. I only said it as a consideration. As a reminder this is a quote from Bill Gates ""If a human worker does $50,000 of work in a factory, that income is taxed," Gates said in an interview with Quartz. "If a robot comes in to do the same thing, you'd think we'd tax the robot at a similar level." < Google it.

hi1234567890on As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers replace workers with robots

This would be a good time to implement regulations and taxes on all robots to diminish all margins gained from automation.

hi1234567890on Growth Guide: How to Set Up, Staff and Scale a Growth Program

1: A/B test as fast as you can. Frequency is Key 2: Ensure your reach of A/B testing is enabled. Meaning, across the entire customer journey. Top, Mid, Bottom of funnel. 3: Challenge your team to do advance a/b testing. Example, personalization, Multivariate testing.

Number 1 is key to ensure you understand what YOUR specific end users are responsive to, relative to the category of business you are in. Its different for each vertical.

Growth doesn't have to be complex. Measure some stuff and test some stuff. Go, go, go.

If you don't have enough traffic to A/B test. Then you have bigger problems to solve.