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Re:#FFFFFF Diversity by Kiro on Friday October 16, 2015 @03:44AM (#10397995)
Because only a small % of all people in tech are good speakers. Having a smaller population to choose from would mean a higher risk of putting a bad speaker on the lineup.
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Re:#FFFFFF Diversity by wpietri on Friday October 16, 2015 @05:48AM (#10398331)
You're assuming that a) good-speakerness is a fixed quality, and b) that the speaker selection process is something like pulling bingo numbers. Neither is true.
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