Diverse crews bring more information and perspectives to the table, and among intelligent, open-minded people the best ideas are generally adopted. The more ide

Diverse crews bring more information and perspectives to the table, and among intelligent, open-minded people the best ideas are generally adopted. The more ideas and perspectives there are to choose from and combine, the more likely the group is to achieve an incremental improvement over the state of their art. Consider it in terms of network resiliency against uncommon environmental effects. Mirta Galesic and others at the Santa Fe Institute have done a lot of work on this topic: https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/mirta-galesic https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/mirta-galesic