>We seem to have taken this to an extreme that rewards people who haven't made something useful. My unpopular opinion is that the diversity push in tech ultima

>We seem to have taken this to an extreme that rewards people who haven't made something useful. My unpopular opinion is that the diversity push in tech ultimately comes down to everyone looking around nervously as they realize that who you are and what you look like counts more than how you think and what you can do - and what that means for the viability and sustainability of a space built on a mythos of meritocracy. There is an awareness that there are a number of perhaps raw, but good, products and potentially even careers (which may or may not require extra guidance to thrive) which are being passed over for gussied-up trivia and tripe, because the founders or team don't look the part. That said, I don't know that profitability is ultimately the be-all-end-all of merit anyway. There are many services and institutions that should be run, even if merely at cost or in the red, because of the dividends they pay to society. I think we need to get better at identifying what those are, and especially at determining how much leeway to give them.