Advocates for traditional diversity metrics such as race, gender and class do so precisely because they track different ways of thinking.
I don’t think that’s the only reason, and I’m not sure (either way) it’s the main reason. I suspect demographic homogeneity is self-reinforcing, and may limit movement growth and the pool of candidates for EA positions more specifically. So, we could just be missing out on greater contributions to EA, whether or not their ways of thinking are different.
I don’t think that’s the only reason, and I’m not sure (either way) it’s the main reason. I suspect demographic homogeneity is self-reinforcing, and may limit movement growth and the pool of candidates for EA positions more specifically. So, we could just be missing out on greater contributions to EA, whether or not their ways of thinking are different.