→ Could MEI replace DEI?
An AI firm is making waves in Silicon Valley with a groundbreaking innovation: hiring based on merit instead of race.
Rather than DEI, Scale AI is implementing MEI — merit, excellence and intelligence. “We do not unfairly stereotype, tokenize, or otherwise treat anyone as a member of a demographic group rather than as an individual,” its CEO wrote on X.
Today we’ve formalized an important hiring policy at Scale. We hire for MEI: merit, excellence, and intelligence.
This is the email I’ve shared with our @scale_AI team.
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MERITOCRACY AT SCALE
In the wake of our fundraise, I’ve been getting a lot of questions…
— Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) June 13, 2024
This announcement joins a string of apparent shifts to the Right in the tech world of late. David Sacks is fundraising for Trump, Mark Zuckerberg is doing MMA and homesteading, and a VC announced a massive donation to Trump in a lengthy X post detailing his “radicalization”. We’re not holding our breath for Google to join the fray.
→ BBC suggests bots are driving Reform’s popularity
Just as Reform UK overtake the Conservatives as the second most popular party, could Britain be experiencing a shift to the Right? Not so, according to Britain’s state broadcaster. In a lengthy new “investigation”, the BBC’s disinformation correspondent suggests that much of the support for Reform might not actually be real. Instead, it’s coming from bots.
“Hey it’s me, Chief Propagandist of the Regime! If you wouldn’t mind doxxing yourself to prove you’re authentic, that would be grand ” pic.twitter.com/yLBNetP1eC
— Jonathan Wong (@WGthink) June 14, 2024
Here’s what the intrepid reporter discovered: “In total, I found more than 50 profiles that had the hallmarks of inauthentic accounts, posting in support of Reform UK across the different social media sites – although they could still have been genuine”. 50! Nigel Farage must be quaking in his boots…
→ Logan Paul talks aliens with Donald Trump
Donald Trump granted an interview this week to YouTuber-turned-MMA fighter Logan Paul.
The two departed from the usual presidential interview fodder and touched on what Americans really care about: Tom Cruise, AI, Tesla and, most importantly, aliens. The former president said he’s frequently asked about the subject, but he personally doesn’t believe in them.
No way Logan Paul got Donald Trump to face off with him pic.twitter.com/QSEkVolPC3
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) June 12, 2024
Ever the diplomat, Trump made concessions to America’s vast alien-believer community, telling Paul that he’s met many “handsome, perfect” pilots — “like beautiful Tom Cruise, but taller” — who say they’ve encountered mysterious objects while flying. He does, however, believe in illegal aliens: “We have plenty of those.”
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SubscribeHahaha! That is funny! And welcome.
Wow! Original thinking indeed!
MEI is hardly a shift to the right!
True, but it is a shift away from the Left.
literally fascism
Since when is judging people by the content of their character a Right coded virtue…
Perhaps since Progressives lost all sense of character and fundamental rights…
Hiring for merit, excellence and intelligence was pretty radical in the 19th Century when family connection and nepotism prevailed but was standard good sense last century but now it seems to be regarded by the DEI ideologists as reactionary. Just shows how barmy the DEI groupies are.
If you genuinely hire by merit then your hiring policy will be inherently diverse and will stand up to any scrutiny by “DEI ideologists”.
Or are we saying that “merit, excellence and intelligence” are not equally distributed across the various groups in society but reliably more to be found in one than another?
Some common sense at last.
Silicon Valley only happened precisely because it hired on merit.
Time to market is absolutely critical in these high tech businesses. You don’t have time to wait to allow a weaker employee to catch up – by then your opportunity is gone and your potential customer has gone elsewhere. Early stage tech startups don’t carry any passengers.
Show me a company or organisation practicing DEI, and it’s probably one that is bloated, in decline or doesn’t care about its customers.
DEI = Didn’t earn it. MEI = Must earn it.
MEI is great.
Love the Donald Trump/Logan Paul clip.
First, society was driven by nepotism, which still persists. Then came periods marked by slavery and exploitation, albeit under different guises. Following that, the concept of meritocracy emerged, only to disappoint as it became evident that it didn’t quite live up to its ideal, leading to mediocrity and status quo. Subsequently, the focus shifted towards DEI, which made us confront our emotions and we felt so unsafe at work. We prefer our aggression to be anonymous! Now, we find ourselves circling back to a form of meritocracy, yeah!!!. Given this trajectory, one might argue for the elimination of interviews altogether. If true merit (what is inside) is what matters, why should appearances or interpersonal interactions influence decision-making? and to add a bit of spice, let us all use “they” so no one knows who has the merit!
Do not shoot the messenger or the joker, shoot the reality!