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New Oxford Notes: June 2014

The High Cost of Free Speech

Many high-profile tech leaders have been strong and generous backers of the effort to legalize same-sex marriage. Former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was run out of town for having donated a meager $1,000 to the opposition. Corporate culture still encourages a groupthink mentality.

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