Subject: Re: What he said
I am sad that people keep using the 'Oh you are saying we have to hire incompetent people.' Nothing could be further from the truth, and if there is an objective standard by which we can measure in advance whether someone will be successful I'm all for it. That, of course, is as ridiculous as those claiming 'competence must be the only criteria', else we should just give everyone a Mensa test and be done with it.

I think this is the nub of where Goofy disagrees with Buffett.

If competence is not the only criterion, then either

A) sometimes competence will suggest one hire while some other criterion will suggest another hire, and we should sometimes go with the less competent hire.

-OR-

B) sometimes competence will suggest one hire while some other criterion will suggest another hire, and we should always go with competence.

I think Buffett and myself are solidly going for B.

I'm guessing, Goofy, that you're writing is meant to suggest you would be going solidly with A. If not, then you want to hire by the same criterion that Buffett talks about, but you would also like to virtue signal that you care about diversity? You tell us what you mean, and if possible why would be great as well. Does it ever make sense to go with Diversity over Competence?

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