Jack Dorsey answers questions on diversity with one good and one terrible answer

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During a Periscope livestream to promote the upcoming tech-thriller The Circle, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey answered questions from cast members Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, and Patton Oswalt, as well as director-screenwriter James Ponsoldt.

Watson’s first question was about diversity in tech, asking Dorsey to explain what he’s been doing to make his company more inclusive and why he “personally” thinks diversity is important. His answer was good, and acknowledged that many tech companies struggle to recognize the difference between diverse hiring and a truly inclusive work environment: “We focus a lot on the people we don’t have versus the people we do have and how to grow them.” In all, he spoke for about three minutes about Twitter’s recent…

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