Have you considered moving somewhere that's better aligned with your values? It's not something to undertake lightly, but I know that moving helped me a lot. Totally different situation for me though.
For me it was basically just moving somewhere bigger, even if I didn't get much better at making connections just knowing it was possible made a difference.
Good luck to you.
Politics.
"More tug jobs? Not on my watch!"
Me observing that it's cold out and offering to sell you some gear so you can avoid frostbite isn't extortion.
Me threatening to break your legs if you don't buy something is.
Hope that helps.
Sometimes taking what seems like the right stand on an issue can deepen the harm - be careful about getting too extreme.
For example when the whole "gamergate" thing was going on and people were like "Why can't I just enjoy Tomb Raider?" - one side was standing up for diversity and inclusion by denouncing them as basement-dwelling incels who should self-terminate. So that naturally drove some to those right-wing assholes.
Sometimes it takes a bit of work to change someone's context so they can get closer to your perspective.
They're just a consultancy service - hardly worth investigating. Seems that they purport to offer expertise on how a developer can improve diversity and inclusion in their products.
Like any consultancy, whether they can actually do this and whether their clients will actually implement it effectively are another matter entirely.
The Steam group creator seems to think either they're garbage or that their clients' approach to diversity and inclusion is garbage. (Or maybe they're just some alt-right incel Nazi )
This particular take that's going around seems to be almost as stupid as Sweet Baby Inc's attempted takedown of the Steam group.
They're just pointing out reality - gaming media is "woke", if your product doesn't check the diversity and inclusion boxes it will be criticized, "hire us to help". They're basically a PR firm.
This isn't them threatening to cause the damage, they're not The Mob - "Say, that's a nice game you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it."
And even if you do have the talent internally you can still seek specialised feedback on your work - most authors work with editors for example.
The only reason this case is notable is because of the reactionary response to the "woke" games industry (and games journalism in particular). This is just another round of nonsense in this culture war, so people on either side are staking out ridiculous positions.
Copyright has little to say in regards to training models - it's the published output that matters.
The UNIX philosophy isn't about having only one way to do things - it's about being able to use tools together. The deliberately simple interface is what makes it so powerful - almost any existing too can become part of a pipeline. It's adaptable.
But with copyright you don't get to make that decision, the copyright holder does.
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But then of course you'd have to live somewhere that isn't the greatest country in the world.
This'll be the real reason.
My comment was just unhelpful and inappropriate - a bad joke aimed at puritanical Americans.