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Google goes to great lengths to increase diversity: https://about.google/belonging/diversity-annual-report/2021/...

Not that you’re arguing for or against, but I thought I’d drop an interesting link to a 2020 McKinsey and Co study that shows more diverse companies generally outperform their peers. [1]

Is there any wonder that Google and other (not exclusive to tech) companies desire this?

[1] https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inc...

Is that the same McKinsey that helped start opioid epidemic?

This is also self-fulling. Investors that see this invest into more diverse companies, who in turn do better because they get more investment.

Write a convincing report saying "Companies with a Z in the name do better", and you'd see the same result.

There's quite a chasm between trying (and failing, but I digress) to increase diversity of the workforce and those imaginary quotas.

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