Small confession, I’m a science fiction reader. I’ve read it since my earliest years, and my stepfather would tell me to quit reading those Nancy Drew books. So I’ve read sci­fi from about the age of 8. Still do. 


And I remember—at age sixteen— that I had never read a vision of the future that included someone like me. But the point is, as far back as I can remember, I’ve been reading books by people who envision a future. And that almost never had me in it. And then, I grew up, started a career in academia, and then one day—discovered tech. 


And it dawned on me. I’ve spent a life READING about the future, and here are companies who are actually BUILDING IT.  Are we building a future that has people who look like me in it? Don’t we want to build a future that has everyone in it? Is manned spaceflight somehow actually easier than building a diverse world?  I don’t think it is. (Or that it should be). And that’s why diversity matters. Well I think what I’ve just laid out is a reasonably good moral argument.  “Building for diversity is the right thing 
to do.” 


Magic Deer is about building a better future-- an inclusive one. How do we construct the future of work and workplaces so that they are inclusive and embrace diversity?