Interview · moment 37 of 45
You Don't Want a Pilot with Personality: The DEI in Critical Jobs Debate
from The Joe Rogan Experience | The Tim Dillon Show #422 · #422
4 min
Guest
Prompted by a scary landing story in London, they argue DEI has no place in critical jobs like piloting or surgery, where only skill should matter, while beauty pageants are low-stakes enough not to matter as much.
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