S1: And Microsoft has laid off their Dei team. Probably one
S1: of them. I assume there's many, many, but laid off
S1: its Dei team saying it's no longer business critical. I'm
S1: not sure if this no longer business critical is an
S1: actual quote from Microsoft leadership. It must be because this article,
S1: which is a Business Insider article, probably quoted that correctly.
S1: But okay. I mean, I think the overall sentiment is
S1: worth noting, which is a lot of people are doing this.
S1: A lot of people are rolling back Dei as like
S1: a prime directive and realizing it should be about merit,
S1: which I think is a good thing. I just don't
S1: want them to go back to just hiring people that
S1: look like you and sound like you, and respond to
S1: questions like you, because then you get rid of diversity,
S1: which is actually bad because you end up with like these,
S1: these blinders. And you have to make sure that your
S1: meritocracy is has a wide enough type of filter, right,
S1: top of funnel. So you want to make sure you're
S1: getting everyone there into this meritocracy filter and not just
S1: looking for certain types of people because you think they
S1: they come out at the bottom of the filter more often. Right?
S1: So I think the concept of Dei is 100% correct,
S1: and we need to 100% keep doing it. The implementation
S1: that we've done over the last few years has been bad. And, uh,
S1: it's good to see that rolling back.