Women Who Built The Future (and Got None Of The Credit)

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This week on Chaos Lever, we take a detour through a moldy book, moldy cheese, and somehow land at a celebration of women in tech history. Because that’s how this show works. We kick things off with a hot take on Who Moved My Cheese? and an uncomfortably enthusiastic ode to Gorgonzola, then accidentally spiral into a cinematic sadness spiral featuring Robin Williams. You’re welcome?

From there, it’s a genuine salute to some lesser-known (but no less badass) women who shaped the technology landscape. We’re talking Bletchley Park, US Navy Code Girls, early human computers, and the pioneers who helped birth the GUI and the Internet as we know it. There are historical facts, dubious metaphors, and a surprise cameo by the first-generation Prius. I'd say blink and you'll miss it, but this is a Prius we're talking about.

So if you’re into awkward transitions, wildly underrated tech heroes, and a sprinkle of righteous rage, then buddy, have we got the episode for you.

📎 LINKS
Chaos Lever Website → https://chaoslever.com
Code Girls of the US Navy → https://usncva.org/history/women-in-cryptology/world-war-ii-code-girls.html
The Rose Code → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53914938-the-rose-code
Behind the Bastards - Steve Jobs → https://youtu.be/aEv08Zzunfc
That good government tech book Ned forgot → https://www.recodingamerica.us
Mashable article → https://mashable.com/article/unsung-women-in-tech
Women of Bletchley Park → https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-27898997
Hedy Lamarr → https://www.history.com/articles/hedy-lamarr-inventor-frequency-hopping-wifi
Annie Easley → https://www.nasa.gov/history/history-publications-and-resources/oral-histories/annie-easley-oral-history/
Dr. Adele Goldberg → https://www.extremenetworks.com/resources/blogs/women-who-changed-tech-dr-adele-goldberg
Steve Jobs is a nutbar → https://www.uniladtech.com/apple/why-steve-jobs-soaked-feet-in-toilet-water-926274-20240628
Megan Smith on Net Neutrality → https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/11/14/u-s-cto-on-net-neutrality-critics-are-you-supposed-to-argue-with-physics/

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