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At face value this is poor communication. It's not clear what kind of diversity they aimed for: was it gender, racial, economic? What are they taking a stand fo
by frozenport 9y ago
At face value this is poor communication. It's not clear what kind of diversity they aimed for: was it gender, racial, economic? What are they taking a stand for?
- thedlade 9y agoMy thoughts exactly, diversity has so many dimensions it could be applied to.
- Veen 9y agoDiversity is defined negatively: it means anyone who isn't white, straight, and male.
- DanBC 9y agoUntrue. In the UK there are nine protected characteristics, and you've only listed 3 of them. And assuming that only those 3 are important you've ignored trans men.
- Veen 9y agoTrue, but it's unlikely conferences will be canceled because there are too many old or young people, married and unmarried people, pregnant and non-pregnant people, people with disabilities, too few or too many Christians or Muslims, etc.
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- macspoofing 9y agoDefinitely not diversity of ideas.
- selllikesybok 9y agoIs there evidence of that? Not clear from the discussion of the list how much diversity of thought there was. Also, generally, the amount of diversity in thinking that is possible when you are talking about a conference for the discussion and promotion of a single technology cant be that much in the first place.
- macspoofing 9y agoI would love to be wrong about this.