Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgrounds can rationally value the same opportunities… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
The tax on being different is largely implicit. People need not act maliciously for it to be levied. In fact, at its… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
AI might be a powerful technology, but things won't get better simply by adding AI. — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
In 1958, my father graduated from secondary school as the highest-achieving student in the state of Kansas, earning a five-year scholarship to the Massachusetts… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
After I transitioned, a lot of people said, 'I like you so much more now,' because before, I was unhappy. Making that change was… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
I want to literally make people smarter by jamming things in their brains. — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Who wants to get a worse diagnosis of their cancer, just to keep a human doctor in the job? — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If a hero is a person on which you've made an explicit choice model yourself, mine is my father for showing me how to… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If my son came to me years from now and told me, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'That's wonderful. I'm so glad you know who… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgrounds can rationally value the same opportunities differently. — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If you tell someone, 'Hey, your daughter is going to win a Nobel Prize someday,' it makes it less likely. If you say, 'Your… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Passing on a full scholarship to MIT would be irrational for me, but to my father and his parents, what would have been the… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If you have a diverse workforce, then you have a much better chance of picking up on things that a lack of diversity would… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
