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How Diversity Makes Us Smarter 多元化怎样令我们更聪明 Being around people who are different身边的人与我们不同，使我们更具创 from us makes us more creative, more造性，更勤勉，也更努力。 diligent and harder-working By Katherine W. Phillips on October 1, 凯瑟琳 威廉姆· 菲利普· 2014 2014 ·10 ·1 The first thing to acknowledge about diversity is that it can be difficult. In the 首先，我们要承认，多元化这个问题 U.S., where the dialogue of inclusion is 很深奥。在美国，这个对各种观点包 relatively advanced, even the mention of 容性相对较高的国家，提到 “多元化 ” the word “diversity ” can lead to anxiety ，人们也会感到焦虑不安，矛盾重重。 and conflict. Supreme Court justices 最高法院的法官们对多元化的原则难 disagree on the virtues of diversity and 以达成一致意见，他们努力去实现审 the means for achieving it. Corporations 判的多元化；企业为能在内外部形成 spend billions of dollars to attract and 并实现多元化散尽千金，尽管如此， manage diversity both internally and 它们仍就面临着歧视诉讼；商界的领 externally, yet they still face 导阶层，仍由白人和男性主导。 discrimination lawsuits, and the leadership ranks of the business world remain predominantly white and male. It is reasonable to ask what good diversity does us. Diversity of expertise 我们有理由提出这样的疑问，多元化 confers benefits that are obvious—you 对我们有什么益处。专业技术多元化 would not think of building a new car 的益处显而易见 —— 想要研发一款新 without engineers, designers and quality- 型汽车，工程师，设计师和质量控制 control experts— but what about social 专家缺一不可 —— 那么社会多元化的 diversity? What good comes from diversity of race, ethnicity, gender and 益处是什么呢？种族，名族，性别和 sexual orientation? Research has shown性取向方面的多元化，又会为我么带 that social diversity in a group can cause 来怎样的益处呢？研究表明，团体中 的社会差异会引起一系列问题，如： discomfort, rougher interactions, a lack of trust, greater perceived interpersonal 内心不安，交往困难，信任缺失，感 conflict, lower communication, less 知性人际冲突增强，交流减少，凝聚 cohesion, more concern about disre