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Could someone convince me why I should care about the gonads and skin color of the people writing code for me? Does anybody really think YC's performance would be better if their founder classes looked like a diversity picture from a college recruiting brochure?

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You don't understand the importance of having different perspectives represented when you are making products and services for everyone?

Seems pretty simple to me.

Could you point out for me where Sam talks about diversity of perspectives? All I see him talking about is what the OP mentions - gonads and skin color.

Gonads and skin color are correlated with a diversity of perspectives. All you have to do is look at the perspectives r/TwoX versus r/all, for instance, or Twitter vs. HN.

For instance, just see the period panties thread. Men don't have the perspective necessary to even comprehend the idea of period panties, let alone build one.

Not everything in tech is that obvious, of course. But it's worth thinking about non-obvious ways in which it might.

You avoid a lawsuit that destroys your company.

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