[anon11082016]

Are we still pushing the idea that superficial diversity is something to strive for? How about diversity of thought?

[mlevental]

those two things go hand in hand.

[anon11082016]

Clearly not, because after all the effort, at least the valley has been making, it's still a cesspool of the same ideology. Even with VPs of dieversity and correct think

[jaggederest]

Part of the difficult of achieving diversity in the startup world is that the first filter everyone has to pass is drinking the ideological Kool-Aid.

Tough to attract diversity of thought when you directly screen it out.

[mlevental]

You're begging the question (petitio prinicipii) of whether initiatives have been successful. As far as I can tell tech is still mostly white and male. When it's not and ideologies are still the same then you'll have a case.