Years ago I read that Shockley was not that impressed by his own offspring, but blamed this on their mother or mothers.
IronyMan100 · 1d ago
Apparently Shokley was a better physicit than a father or husband or Manager. In Chip War Chris Miller writes that Shockley was such a Bad Manager that his employees left and founded Fairchild Semiconductor.
codeddesign · 1d ago
“Startup makes eugenics available to consumers”.
I’m personally fine with this, but let’s call it what it is.
gizmondo · 1d ago
Screening for the Down syndrome has been available to consumers for a long time, it's eugenics in exactly the same way. While technically correct, I think in practice this term is only used by despicable people to tar these great ideas with the guilt-by-association.
Getting closer to GATTACA ... https://youtu.be/wY_0u84DtXY?t=35
I’m personally fine with this, but let’s call it what it is.