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> Identity doesn't matter. Ideas matter. Your ideas are shaped in large part by your identity, which includes your socio-economical background, race, gender, s
by latexr 1y ago
> Identity doesn't matter. Ideas matter.
Your ideas are shaped in large part by your identity, which includes your socio-economical background, race, gender, sexual proclivity, country, and on and on.
When you are only exposed to ideas from the same homogeneous group, your view of our heterogeneous world becomes deeply flawed. Diversity of identity is paramount for a diversity of ideas.
- satisfice 1y agoDiversity of ideas is not what most people want, is it? They want to know how to survive in a tough world.
- latexr 1y agoIf you want to learn “how to survive in a tough world”, the worst strategy you could follow is to to only read ideas from the group which dominates much of it. By your logic, you should be reading books specifically from people who face constant hardship and discrimination, which includes trans, homosexual, black people… Sure, throw in a few books from rich white men in the global north to learn how they think, but to only read from them would be a mistake. Even if you don’t want diversity of ideas, you need it to form an accurate picture of reality.
- Incipient 1y ago>Diversity of identity is paramount for a diversity of ideas. I don't think we really need a proliferation of diverse ideas. Put 10 people in a locked room with 10 different ideas, and you're probably going to find them arguing, not out, in a few hours. Don't get me wrong being stuck after 1 idea is bad, but I don't feel that's where we are today.
- latexr 1y agoNone of that has anything to do with the conversation, which is about reading books.