How diverse is the Board?

[francois]

Sorry, arsenal, Francois' post is absolutely on topic and you understand.

[arsenal]

Yes. In a change of policy you get the whole dessert trolley. Haha.

[frequent]

Matt's post is an extreme example of cognitive bias; perhaps I should have posted a Trigger Warning - very popular among snowflake entitled millennials so I hear. "Diversity" has, well, diverse applications, it's not all about people other than old white men. A article perhaps Matt might benefit from has recently been published in The Atlantic, all about cognitive bias - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...e-bias/565775/

[cdnmatt]

I don't know much, but I do know when a bunch of old, rich white guys in the Senate decide to draft legislation in secret behind closed doors, a little more diversity would probably yield a better outcome for the country.

[frequent]

I don't know much ...

Self-evidently true

... but I do know when a bunch of old, rich white guys in the Senate decide to draft legislation in secret behind closed doors, a little more diversity would probably yield a better outcome for the country.

Actually you don't know that at all, it's an opinion

[cdnmatt]

I'm pretty sure history has proven my point on that one.

If old rich dudes were actually the way forward for a better world, then we'd still be running around with Kings who actually held power.

[frequent]

I'm pretty sure history has proven my point on that one. If old rich dudes were actually the way forward for a better world, then we'd still be running around with Kings who actually held power.

No, it has proven nothing of the sort. It's a reasonable inference on the balance of probabilities but that isn't proof

[arsenal]

Well Matt looking at the history of the very few genuinely democratic countries, most of them have been run by rich old "dudes" for most of the time. And actually they've done rather well compared to all the others.

[frequent]

Well Matt looking at the history of the very few genuinely democratic countries, most of them have been run by rich old "dudes" for most of the time. And actually they've done rather well compared to all the others.

I’m very interested in hearing Matt expand on his second paragraph

[francois]

"Thou sayest it"! Pontius Pilate

Correction:

"Thou sayest it"

Jesus to Pontius Pilate