Disrupt’s Women in Tech panel shows why diversity is not a zero-sum game

Diversity in technology, and more specifically the specter of the “Women in Tech” panel, rests on a 2D analysis of the issue at hand. Generally, the problem is reduced to a simple equation: find women, get more women, pat self on back, repeat. But onstage in San Francisco at TechCrunch Disrupt, the token “Women in Tech” panel, moderated by former TechCrunch editor Alexia Tsotsis, was the first one the event had put on in five years. It also did something different: it recognized that diversity cannot be forced or contained within one catch-all solution. It’s a multi-faceted issue that grows…

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