[hunter2_]

But if the group (G&T program, or whatever organization) benefits not only from the best and brightest, but also from diverse backgrounds, then both of those things should go into recruitment, right? You wouldn't want to form an org that excels at solving typical problems but then is completely stumped (in a way where other backgrounds could help, even if it brings down the average so-to-speak) in edge cases. This is why many companies do DEI even when they aren't compelled by moral high ground and virtue signalling. It's actually a net win for achieving the core goal.

[mc32]

As the head of DEI at Apple, since canned, for saying (paraphrasing) "I could have more diversity of _thought_ within one ethnicity than I could among a group of diverse ethnicity depending on the backgrounds of the individuals."

Of course, predictably, saying something true but anti-narrative was obviously a "counterrevolutionary activity" and got fired.