The Kulkarni clause doesn't illustrate progressivism, it merely signals it, and does so in a sanctimonious PBS manner. And while the signal may attract some participants, it's going to repel others. There are genuine trade-offs here, but I don't think my world is capable of an honest discussion of the trade-offs, or what it wants to achieve. In the meantime, it tells people how to vote and tells some people they're not welcome.
Which isn't to say that, were I to create a challenge, that *I* would know how to achieve diversity, or even be sure what I meant by the word. If we got a more genuinely diverse *electorate*, we'd probably get a *less* diverse result, as the broader public is going to choose more of the same ol' same ol' than Arron's friends will. And *my* rules might say something like "You can only choose artists who've never been listed by Acclaimed and who haven't made the last two Rolling Stone all-time singles lists" - this would be a good way of driving off people who aren't like me. Still, we've just *got* to avoid rules that welcome votes for the black underclass but restrict votes for the white underclass. I don't think someone who doesn't understand that this as a problem is capable of a genuine discussion of diversity. And this is a relevant point even though neither the black nor the white underclass is going to get much attention from us anyway, or pay the least attention to us.
The Kulkarni clause doesn't illustrate progressivism, it merely signals it, and does so in a sanctimonious PBS manner. And while the signal may attract some participants, it's going to repel others. There are genuine trade-offs here, but I don't think my world is capable of an honest discussion of the trade-offs, or what it wants to achieve. In the meantime, it tells people how to vote and tells some people they're not welcome.
Which isn't to say that, were I to create a challenge, that *I* would know how to achieve diversity, or even be sure what I meant by the word. If we got a more genuinely diverse *electorate*, we'd probably get a *less* diverse result, as the broader public is going to choose more of the same ol' same ol' than Arron's friends will. And *my* rules might say something like "You can only choose artists who've never been listed by Acclaimed and who haven't made the last two Rolling Stone all-time singles lists" - this would be a good way of driving off people who aren't like me. Still, we've just *got* to avoid rules that welcome votes for the black underclass but restrict votes for the white underclass. I don't think someone who doesn't understand that this as a problem is capable of a genuine discussion of diversity. And this is a relevant point even though neither the black nor the white underclass is going to get much attention from us anyway, or pay the least attention to us.