I think diversity is a phenomenal thing because it brings really different perspectives to a problem. But the most obvious counter to any sort of system that's based on pure privilege or opportunity is one that's, you know, quote, unquote merit. I'm not talking about someone coming in and saying, these are the problems we have to solve. What I'm talking about is like, I think we need to find ways of either bringing Diversity into Silicon Valley. If it continues selling itself short in terms of the potential it could really have on the world.
This episode was actually recorded on February 18; however, due to circumstances, we had to hibernate Exponent and the episode was never actually edited and posted.
Now that the show is back – for good this time – we wanted to post the “missing episode” plenty of folks have asked us about. There are a couple of dated references, but the content is still very applicable.
In this episode we talk about privilege and whether Silicon Valley is solving the right problems. It’s certainly not a new question, but has it become more pressing in the last few months?
Links:
- Don’t Build Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley – Max Wessell HBR
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