Re: White men complain that there are too many white men…
Promoting the idea that diversity is more important than competence is a bad idea for technical conferences.
But, perhaps it is, because wherever is all of the game-changing radical new stuff going to come from?
It is generally not going to come from the "within an established"-set of recognised domain experts because being a successful expert means that one understands the connections between whatever one is promoting and 'the politics' - which fiefdoms will be threatened and which will be boosted by ones innovations - so the successful invention / project will be the one that is aligned with the most powerful entities; a.k.a. More of The Stuff That Got Us Where We Are Now.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
