[licebmi__at__]

> but most users didn’t notice the bias — unless they were in the negatively portrayed group.

I don't think this is anything surprising. I mean, this is one of the most important reasons behind DEI; that a more diverse team can perform better than a less diverse one because the team is more capable of identifying their blind spots.

I find funny but unsurprising, that at the end, it was made a boogie man and killed by individuals with no so hidden biases

[palmotea]

> I mean, this is one of the most important reasons behind DEI; that a more diverse team can perform better than a less diverse one because the team is more capable of identifying their blind spots.

That was oversold though: 1) DEI, in practice, meant attending to a few narrow identity groups; 2) the blind spots of a particular team that need to be covered (more often than not) do not map to the unique perspective of those groups; and 3) it's not practical to represent all helpful perspectives on every team, so representation can't really solve the blind spot problem.

[ChrisGreenHeur]

adding more skin colors and gender won't help my jira tickets get done quicker?

maybe we should reevaluate to do more along the lines of diverse personality types and personal histories instead

[voltaireodactyl]

Thought provoking critiques of recent implantations. Number 2 seems like a catch-22 though — how does the group with agency identify their own blind spots?

[simianwords]

Diversity is extremely important but it can only work with some shared foundation upon which the diversity may exist.

Diversity of thought is more important than superficial diversity which only serves as a proxy for diversity of thought.

I hope the anti DEI movement will not discredit the advantages of diversity itself.