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> Meritocracy is not an objective, defined term

neither is race or gender, yet these initiatives still manage to exist.

> There have been tons of studies showing..

there are tons of studies that are non reproducible too, so which studied are the strongest evidence of this claim?

> Quotas are not harmful unless there are too few qualified people

if you reduce it to a binary definition of "qualified", maybe. But if the best person for a role, their qualification, is a continuum, then you can do harm simply by hiring qualified candidates over better qualified candidates.

> GitLab has hundreds of millions of people to choose from

by what criteria?




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