http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/12/taking-no-prisoners-women-in-tech-why-do-we-want-more.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/12/taking-no-prisoners-women-in-tech-why-do-we-want-more.html/comment-page-1#comment-10655 Alex Streeter Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:07:00 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=7325#comment-10655 Here's my first reaction to "Tell me why we should have more women in tech". To be blunt: Technology Fucking Matters. I think that we could find agreement to that statement from Arrington, Wired, and yourself. And to the extent that Technology Fucking Matters - has an important impact on our past, present, and future - we ought to seek to have more women in technology, because they have as big a stake in the outcomes. What new technologies are developed, and how technology is used, affects every last one of us on this planet, so I would like to see women have an equal stake. Technology as an industry and process may be flawed - not a true meritocracy - but is that supposed to be an argument _against_ more women being in it, or the argument for? Just like with democracy: it's the worst system we have, except for all the rest. Why should it all be left to the old geeks club? Here’s my first reaction to “Tell me why we should have more women in tech”. To be blunt: Technology Fucking Matters. I think that we could find agreement to that statement from Arrington, Wired, and yourself. And to the extent that Technology Fucking Matters – has an important impact on our past, present, and future – we ought to seek to have more women in technology, because they have as big a stake in the outcomes. What new technologies are developed, and how technology is used, affects every last one of us on this planet, so I would like to see women have an equal stake. Technology as an industry and process may be flawed – not a true meritocracy – but is that supposed to be an argument _against_ more women being in it, or the argument for? Just like with democracy: it’s the worst system we have, except for all the rest. Why should it all be left to the old geeks club?

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