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>We need diversity and diversification in order to have reasonable amount of robustness Ironically, in human populations it produces the opposite effect.
by thraweigh666 9y ago
>We need diversity and diversification in order to have reasonable amount of robustness
Ironically, in human populations it produces the opposite effect.
- adornedCupcake 9y agoWhy?
- edraferi 9y agoMore diverse population—> lower trust —> less social will to support each other.
- crimethink2017 9y agoThis might well be true, see e.g. [1]. An obvious irony is that those who are most happy with Intel's "velocity"-led culture, and the more general lack of diversity in the x86 CPU market, are probably also the most likely to reject this idea (that human diversity might have negative effects) outright. ____ [1] https://www.mpg.de/19440/Diversity_interaction_solidarity https://www.mpg.de/19440/Diversity_interaction_solidarity
- cryptonector 9y agoSo we should be tribal societies, then? (I.e., endogamous. As in cousin marriage.)
- dang 9y agoPlease don't take HN threads on ideological tangents. The point you're making has by now become well-known ideological flamebait. We ban users who derail HN threads in such directions, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: since https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16063749 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16063749 makes it clear that you're using HN for that purpose, which is not allowed here, I've banned this account. Would you please not create accounts to break the site guidelines with?