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Allon Mureinik Senior Manager, Seeker Node.js and .NET Agents Synopsys, Inc. [email protected] / @ mureinik / https://www.linkedin.com/in/mureinik/ FOSDEM 2020 Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion

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Allon Mureinik

Senior Manager, Seeker Node.js and .NET Agents

Synopsys, Inc.

[email protected] / @mureinik / https://www.linkedin.com/in/mureinik/

FOSDEM 2020

Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion

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The elephant in the room

https://thenounproject.com/term/elephant/14049

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Privilege is a matter of context

https://www.yadvashem.org/he/artifacts/featured/jewish-badge-belgium.html

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Inclusion issues in open source?

https://thenounproject.com/term/majority/2174388

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Code of Conduct

https://www.contributor-covenant.org/

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Knowledge Barriers

https://imgflip.com/i/3l8yl6

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Language Barriers

https://abc.com/shows/modern-family

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Time Barriers

https://imgflip.com/i/3l8z6v

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If it’s not out in the open – it didn’t happen

https://thenounproject.com/term/door/1356887

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If you can’t be open, at least be transparent

https://thenounproject.com/term/radiography/40111

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Questions?

https://thenounproject.com/term/questions/1195076/

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