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I'm not going to express an opinion one way or the other on this article and the way of the world we currently live in. I'm just going to sit here in my deckchair with a sixpack and a large box of popcorn and watch.
[COLOR=var(--primary-text)]You all probably know what happened (or is currently happening) behind this picture of a submarine. [ Update: They’re confirmed to be dead. Debris from the wreckage has been found. ]
It dived to depths of more than 12,500 feet under the sea with several wealthy businessmen inside. It's now lost in the vast expanse of the ocean and presumed to have also lost any oxygen for the passengers to use.
What makes this even more unfortunate is that the CEO, Stockton Rush (who is also the pilot of the submarine) was already warned, advised, and criticized, about his decision to not have subject-matter experts on board and has subsequently failed to listen to their warnings.
When he was building the company, he wanted so bad to hire young people all because he didn't want his company to be filled by 50-year-old white guys with naval/military backgrounds - he wanted his company to be young and "inspirational".
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TRUE ENOUGH, this event has inspired us even more to trust 50-year-old white guys (point: men who are experts in their field with years of experience) instead of trusting young noobs and building a business to "inspire" instead of productivity and profit.
Diversity hires are terrible at any given field or industry. (except for Netflix)
When you compromise on skill and experience because you don't like
a. people who have more experience than the rest
b. white people
c. men
d. (all of the above, aka the western image of "Patriarchy")
you are going to lose all the time - in this case, lose your lives.
If your industry is filled with 50-year-old-white guys, it doesn't matter if that they're 50, white, or males, what matters is that these people are more suitable to work within your kind of business because they're actually good at it.
With no oxygen left, they have all probably died, drifting into an abyss of darkness, confused, scared, and doomed in their last moments. With no assurance that the vessel could ever be found.
(UPDATE: Since the debris of the wreckage has been found, it is assumed that the submarine imploded (not exploded) which means they were crushed outside in so fast, faster than their nerve impulse, even before they could know what happened to them.
(Nerve impulse or information travelling to the brain maximum speed: 432 km/h - while the pressure of a hull breach at that depth would be 3,702 km/h)
The pressure at the levels of the sunk Titanic ship is around 6,000 psi. To compare, sea level pressure is at 14 psi. Their bodies reduced to pulp, would be unrecognizable, a very instant, but brutal death.)
This is just an unfortunate event that could have been avoided if instead of the idea of a "young, inspiring, and diverse" company, they just used common sense.
Imperator