This is the top voted comment right now, but I&#x27;m struggling to understand it.<p>You grant (at least for the sake of discussion) that more women would help with the tech industry&#x27;s sex discrimination problems, and that diversity itself would &quot;probably&quot; be good.<p>But then you ask, &quot;but other than that, why is it important?&quot;<p>It makes no sense to disregard sex discrimination and diversity when considering whether this topic is important. Sex discrimination and diversity are themselves already important.<p>It&#x27;s like asking about the benefits of exercise, setting aside the health benefits and psychological benefits.<p>&gt; Why aren&#x27;t we as worried that not enough men show interest in being nurses or kindergarten teachers or social workers?<p>People do worry about those topics, but we mostly talk about tech here on Hacker News.