What I think is the most alarming is that the same is true for universities. The military funding ended up changing the DNA of academia.
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It is outrageous that there are so few women in academic positions. Despite the affirmative action and the large number of graduates.
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You can make as much improvements on the surface as you want. But if the deep culture remains Military-like, women will have high attrition.
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A strong alternative model is agriculture, which was actually started by women. Agriculture requires one to be patient and tend to nature.
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We need a lot more technological domains that are shaped in the model of agriculture than in the model of military. Especially true in CS.
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There is no magic in programming. There definitely should not be any gender. But currently, there is. Absolutely dangerous to ignore it.
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The problem is not merely social prejudice and workplace elements. As McLuhan said, the medium is the message. Tech itself is the problem.
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Alan Kay pointed out that we have not yet invented something like agriculture in CS: reliable, growing with nature, supportive of ecosystem.
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Idiots say "Tech is disruptive," Yes, it is disruptive because it is made in the model of military. Like primitive men killing each other.
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Unless we build a feminine model for technology & programming, inspired by agriculture, only a small percentage of women will work in tech.
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The idea that industries are centrally designed, based on ad hoc agricultural or military clichés, does not strike me as convincing...
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A metaphor should be used only to the extent it illuminates. The war metaphor is about eating somebody else's pie instead of making the pie.
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Central design and command is just one aspect of warfare. There can also be guerilla warfare, ambush etc.
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