Work in Progress
I won’t summarize the arguments for DE&I here, I’ll let Mark Cuban handle that:
But there are a few stories I carry around with me that inform my thoughts on social justice, DE&I, etc. the first is…
- Orchestra Blind Auditions Orchestra’s do blind auditions, because traditionally, more men would be hired when the selectors new the person auditioning was Male.
- This American Life
- Is pure ability the right metric for success? For sure I’m probably more traditional on this issue than some. I think that pure sciences like math, chemistry, etc should focus on the material rather than include social justice issues (on the other hand if you think economics can avoid a social justice component I don’t known what to tell you). There are two stories or data points that make up this question. One is that Female doctors are known to have better outcomes than make doctors. The second was a book I read that looked at the history of surgery, and early on there was this fundamental belief rooted in toxic masculinity(at a time when death rates were sky high because of a lack of antibiotics) that cutting more cancer out was always better, and that the only reason surgeons were afraid to cut more was because they were afraid to kill the patient. (And not say, because it may not be necessary or because it would be better for the patient)
