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bigstrat2003yesterday at 10:48 PM1 replyview on HN

I think "inclusion" is fine as a value. "Diversity" is not, because it is an outcome and not an action one pursues. What matters is that all have equal opportunities to participate, and perfectly fair opportunities can create unequal outcomes through no fault of anyone's. Moreover, I think that fixating on the demographics of who joins the company is morally misguided. I want my teammates to be capable and enjoyable to work with, not to check someone's "we must have X number of minorities checkbox". Diversity initiatives always turn into the latter in my experience.


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bombcartoday at 11:59 AM

If the only metric for your initiative is disastrous; you WILL work toward that metric and ensure disaster.