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The Bostock Case and Workplace Discrimination Against LGBTQ individuals
42:06 - 54:17 (12:10)
The Bostock case was a ruling that stated anti-discrimination laws extend to discrimination against gay and trans people in the workplace, as it is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII. The decision was made by looking solely at the text of the law, without taking into account the intent of the writers.
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The company that creates voice recognition software also licenses it to other systems.
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The company that creates voice recognition software also licenses it to other systems. The speaker discusses their experience using voice recognition and adjusting their speaking speed for optimal use.
ChapterThe Bostock Case and Workplace Discrimination Against LGBTQ individuals
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Host discusses writer's block with guest and asks for an example of a writing process.
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Host discusses writer's block with guest and asks for an example of a writing process.
ChapterThe Bostock Case and Workplace Discrimination Against LGBTQ individuals
Episode#540: Harvard Polymath Noah Feldman — Deep Focus for Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, Predicting the Future with History, the Possibilities (and Limitations) of DAOs, Lessons from the Iraq Invasion, Designing the Supreme Court of Facebook, the Virtue of Scholarship, and the Wild Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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The Bostock case shows how textualism, a legal theory based on interpreting statutes solely by their plain language, was applied by a conservative judge to extend anti-discrimination laws to cover LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace.
45:55 - 49:45 (03:50)
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The Bostock case shows how textualism, a legal theory based on interpreting statutes solely by their plain language, was applied by a conservative judge to extend anti-discrimination laws to cover LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace. The decision set a precedent for the future interpretation of legal texts, independent of the original intent of the drafters.
ChapterThe Bostock Case and Workplace Discrimination Against LGBTQ individuals
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This podcast explores the discussion of black abolitionists on the Constitution, with many reading it as an anti-slavery and anti-racist document.
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This podcast explores the discussion of black abolitionists on the Constitution, with many reading it as an anti-slavery and anti-racist document. The debate parallels the Protestant-Catholic debate over interpreting scripture.
ChapterThe Bostock Case and Workplace Discrimination Against LGBTQ individuals
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The speaker expresses frustration in dedicating their life to understanding past individuals instead of making a real-world impact that can benefit real people.
52:19 - 54:17 (01:58)
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The speaker expresses frustration in dedicating their life to understanding past individuals instead of making a real-world impact that can benefit real people. They feel that dedicating their time to make the world a better place is more significant than understanding someone who lived a thousand years ago.