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Very important point but it seems like "diversity" is a taboo word on HN. For a community of intellectually curious people, that seems odd. Diversity isn't jus
by benjaminjosephw 6y ago
Very important point but it seems like "diversity" is a taboo word on HN. For a community of intellectually curious people, that seems odd.
Diversity isn't just a code word for a political ideology. Its about the ability to encounter other perspectives, ideas and ways of seeing the world. There are so many problem spaces that we've not even begun to explore in much detail because we don't encounter them in meaningful ways.
At some point the balance will have to shift (maybe we've already reached that point). Tech entrepreneurs will have explored all of the obvious and lucrative avenues and the opportunities in the unexplored problems will seem more attractive. Maybe at this point, we'll have a bigger emphasis on discovering problems outside of our own experiences.
Or maybe I'm being overly optimistic in seeing a limit to potential for solving lucrative problems in deeply explored problem spaces. We'll perhaps always be able to create new tech products that solve the same kinds of problems for the same consumers.
Maybe, a shift in focus towards less explored problem spaces would need to be intentional. If that's the case, being open to discussing diversity well as a community surely is a sign of how seriously we're taking problems that are not our own.