Chapter 29 The future looms (Sadie Plant)

This is another feminist work besides Balsamo's article (Chapter 16). Cyberfeminist is the new word here. It is interesting in that it tries to reveal the female elements in technology, which has been largely overlooked by almost everyone. The story of Ada reflects many of the female stories in the academia and industy. The other day I was talking with my friends about the increasing number of female computer programmers, the new blue collars. An example is that a lot of female Chinese students came to the States and finally became computer programmers, no matter what their former majors are. As more and more women come into this profession, it's time to think about this gender and technology. Maybe not only the creation of technology, but also the use, needs, and dissemination of technology.