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"Diversity" is quite an overloaded term nowadays and I'm hearing it more and more often in everyday vocabulary. I wish I had some quantitative data on this, bu
by ericjang 10y ago
"Diversity" is quite an overloaded term nowadays and I'm hearing it more and more often in everyday vocabulary.
I wish I had some quantitative data on this, but it seems to be used in every day contexts now, from engineering to research (diversity of data, samples), and of course, social justice contexts (non-white, non-male, etc).
I wonder if the increased prevalance of the word diversity is a result of co-opting definitions from the association that "diversity is cool"
- cortesoft 10y agoI am a bit confused by what you are wondering; all of those examples you give are using diversity in the same way, to mean having a wide variety. Why diversity is a good thing might vary from case to case, but it is almost universally a good thing. In this case, I think the article author is arguing that the diversity of app distribution channels is good for the same reason biological diversity is good; if something happens to make one distribution channel go bad, there are lots of others that can take over the role.
- madgar 10y ago> a result of co-opting definitions from the association that "diversity is cool" If you think that "diversity is cool" is just a given then I have to assume you are not from the USA, or have otherwise been insulated from the American culture war. (Lucky duck!) In the US, the word "diversity" instantly alienates tens of millions of people.
- pluma 10y agoIt seems that as far as marketing goes. "Diversity" is the new "green". Both terms obviously describe a good thing but people seem to be willing to suspend their disbelief whenever they encounter the term and laud something just for such claims (whether they are backed up by actual numbers or not). I wonder if we'll see green-washing style "diversity-washing" too.