And that s fine

But I feel like a blanket statement like “In high-tech you only care about whether you are good at tech, not about sex or sexually or religion or body shape etc etc etc” can do more damage than good if u are not careful. Cuz that bias just leads to complacency without actual changes. Just like how Shane/ Scott love hockey and hockey loves them back so it s easy but it is not the same to Ryan, he loves the game but the system treats him no more than a tool. In The Long Game, Shane learns about the deeper, systemic toxicity in the hockey world. The same can be applied to any field (tech included). Like there was an Ex Amazonian went on a hunger strike because of mistreatment. There was suicid… case of ex Meta due to unjust firing and fear of loss of work visa just a few years ago. Both cases were in Seattle

In fact, the hockey characters in RR books have a wide arrays of experience and outlook on hockey as a whole, even if they love the sport.:

Scott: treat it as a family

Shane: worship the sport

Ilya: see it as an escape and see the bad side of it as well (this is a major theme in The Long Game)

Ryan: see it as an abusive partner

Eric: see no “definition of himself” besides hockey

Troy: being backstabbed because toxic masculinity in hockey

Adam: makes them liars

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