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Stosh Wychulus's avatar

Eric Hoffman, "All causes start as a movement, become a business, and then degenerate into a racket". In this case a multi-billion-dollar industry

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Simon Lucas's avatar

I assume DEI persists so stubbornly—at least in corporate spaces—because companies keep convincing themselves (with ample encouragement from consultants conveniently armed with pricey diversity programs) that there's a compelling "business case" for diversity. Yet, the evidence shows, at best, a tepid link between demographic diversity and performance. Worse, these justifications are not only scientifically questionable but also morally fraught—and likely counterproductive (just like the programs themselves, as you so aptly demonstrate with this work).

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