Inclusion Drives Innovation at JPL

This month JPL Interim Director, Larry James, accepted the International Astronautical Federation's 3G Diversity Award on behalf of JPL during the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) event in Dubai. The award recognizes JPL’s contributions to the 3G (Geography, Generation, Gender) diversity initiative within the space sector. #iac2021

Learn more how inclusion drives innovation at JPL.

[toddvolpe]

Great rockets are going to be blowing up now because of inclusion and equity.

Why don't you just hire the best qualified? I think it should be illegal to even know who is applying for your job it should only be about education and experience and maybe age. Ridiculous

Merit!
Racists...

[Vlad]

The irony of accepting a "diversity" award in Dubai.

[rougehawk]

A spacecraft or calculation doesnt care what race or gender you are.

[TheRattleSnake]

Isn't it better to get the best person (what ever they are) for the job instead of ticking boxes?

[Pyriphlegeton]

If you prioritize any aspect over competence for the job, your project will suffer.
Which ever way that goes. Diversity isn't a value in itself, it should merely be a result of a non-discriminatory hiring practice.

[S....]

We no longer live in times when women can't be scientists.
I subscribed to your channel for science not some woke propaganda, over and over again - I suppose if it's gonna be like that, no reason for me to be subscribed anymore.

[Ranger-]

"The Challenger Incident wouldn't have happened if we had more diversity hires!" - No one. Ever.

[kingjojojo]

this video is suspiciously timed with youtube's decision to remove the dislike button

[AnnieO]

Centrifugal Force is not suspended on any grander scale. The programming is deep.

[LeoStaley]

Lol, but it doesn't. Talent, education, skill, competence, and creativity drive innovation. Hiring based on any other criteria is a recipe for lower innovation.

[phatpat]

"We openly judge and privilege people based solely on their race and gender, and we're very proud of that fact." - JPL 2021

[blueskull]

Disinclusion may put a dent in innovation, but inclusion isn’t necessarily what drives innovation. Intelligence, creativity, strong work ethic, logic, competence and education drive innovation which are traits that transcend any specific race or gender. If JPL truly wishes to achieve innovation, they should be trying to hire the best scientists and engineers, rather than try and hire an equal amount of each gender and race.

[WillProwse]

I only care if a scientist can do a good job. I am not concerned with their gender or race. You should only judge a person by the content of their character and how capable they are at completing their job. Inclusion comes at the expense of others. If you deny asian or white males because you have an inclusion quota, I will never support JPL again. Racism and sexism is not ok. Competency has nothing to do with the color of your skin or gender. It doesn't matter at all.

[Siskovski]

I'm very sorry for your loss...


...of brain matter

[failedcomedian]

Please don’t bring politics to my hobby of interest.

[Wombbatts]

How does inclusion drive innovation? Is some included race better at innovation? It's people that innovate, not races. Were you racist and non inclusive before, if not nothing has changed, i.e. it's not news.

[regolith]

20th Century: Dare Mighty Things.
21st Century: I need a safe space with an emotional support dog in order to do the job I already get paid to do.

[TropicalCoder]

Virtue signalling. It's disgusting

[cjay]

Second comment (the one that yt will erase): I stopped the video at 0:02 and read some comments. I'm un-subbing again. For good. I'd unsubbed several years ago because of this bullsh!t woke-babbling, but had re-subbed for some flight info recently. Bye bye.

[Gapehrn]

How are we as a species supposed to progress if we continue to focus on such such trivial matters as race and gender