Pale and Male: 19 th Century Design in a 21 st Century World Ed Lazowska Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195-2350 USA ' h a d a clear line o f a r g u m e n t in m i n d w h e n I a g r e e d to contribute .this editorial: that w h i l e there are m a n y reasons for striving to increase the representation o f w o m e n in our field, the selfish reason is the m o s t c o m p e l l i n g one: the quality o f the solutions w e a c h i e v e is e n h a n c e d b y the d i v e r s i t y o f the i n d i v i d u a l s contributing to these solutions. I q u i c k l y d i s c o v e r e d that a colleague h a d a l r e a d
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