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Here are a few articles on why diversity is good for business: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/18/diverse-teams-are-still-really-good-for-business-mckinsey-says

• mantas 8y ago
  I wonder if those studies got correlation vs causation correctly. Maybe well-doing companies have more satellite offices. Or particular cities have become magnets for people to come do business and have good ecosystem for kickstarting their growth.
• alexashka 8y ago
  :) You may be underestimating the average intelligence of a HackerNews reader. I am well aware of why some people think diversity is good. Many things are good. Few things are critical. I'll make a strong claim - there is no evidence, that diversity is critical for the success of any business, on this planet. It's an easy claim to make because diversity is not a well defined scientific term, hence there can be no evidence. Which was my point - we can hand wave about diversity, inclusivity and all kinds of things - let's just not pretend it's anything but empty hand waving. Before anyone comes back with saying I'm cherry picking one sentence out of an entire article - it is the foundation of this entire diversity movement. If we agree that we don't know whether diversity is important, we can begin to focus on things that people actually care about - like standards of living and wages.