Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to quit academic society

Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by jbrr on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:37PM (#33062016)

That’s a pretty strong reaction to HR wanting more diversity. I wouldn’t call that a “new shiny ideology of the moment” either. Affirmative action dates back to reconstruction.

I think the fallacy here is that there’s a single best applicant for any given position. There are often multiple qualified candidates, why shouldn’t race or gender be a factor if you’re just going to choose arbitrarily anyway.

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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by soueuls on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:41PM (#33062039)

You can use gender or race or any other factor. I just don't want to have anything to do with that company because I am afraid I will lose IQ point on the long run.

I am a capitalist, I am not sure which factors are the best factors when it comes to correlating with performance.

Is it hard skills? Communication? Do I need a generalist? A specialist? Is it better to hire people with ego or not?

One thing I am pretty confident is that vagina or Melatonin are pretty weak factor. And I would not trust any HR or managers optimizing for it.

I am a lot more happy since I live in a country where that does not value these things.

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