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The author conflates "viewpoint diversity" as it pertains to a workplace setting with political diversity. There are many benefits in a workplace to a diversity
by prince781 5y ago
The author conflates "viewpoint diversity" as it pertains to a workplace setting with political diversity. There are many benefits in a workplace to a diversity of views on how to approach the work and this kind of diversity improves the quality of the product the organization produces. But is this true for political diversity? Maybe, but the author doesn't explain why, and it's not clear what studies exist that support his view.
I don't think this is an intellectually honest article.
- nanagojo 5y agoThe author links to https://hbr.org/2019/07/are-politically-diverse-teams-more-effective https://hbr.org/2019/07/are-politically-diverse-teams-more-e...
- prince781 5y agoSo this is a study about political diversity where it's specifically relevant to the organization's work. In this case, Wikipedia. I'll admit that political diversity is necessary when the "product" is unbiased articles written on politically controversial topics. But how would this affect how a software company develops products, how a car manufacturer develops cars, etc, where political diversity is not relevant?
- elefanten 5y agoWell, if one accepts the argument that identity-based diversity among the workforce is important to more fully represent the perspectives of everyone in society... then that logic extends to political diversity and other kinds of viewpoint/idea diversity as well. Seems those decrying the article are often aligned with the one diversity assumption... curious why they seem to be rejecting the others.