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Real diversity is like fine art: you hold some attributes constant and vary other attributes. For instance, you can keep a similar texture and color palette an
by jeffdavis 9y ago
Real diversity is like fine art: you hold some attributes constant and vary other attributes.
For instance, you can keep a similar texture and color palette and use unexpected patterns and geometries; or keep the structure of a symphony but use unexpected instrumentation.
If you stick to expectations too much you will be boring. If you vary too many attributes, it will be chaotic and meaningless.
Similarly, if you choose a random collection of people from around the world and try to make a business, it won't go anywhere. But if you hire all people who followed a prescribed life path, you probably won't be very innovative.
Interestingly, even a single person can be diverse in their ideas. Consider Steve Jobs or Elon Musk.
"Diversity" is such a loaded political word now and lost all meaning. It's just cover to whitewash lazy thinking in political correctness. It's common now, in the same breath, to want both diversity and equality of outcomes, which shows how ridiculous our politics have become.