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An interesting tidbit is that Ada's mother "forced" (maybe too strong a word, but obsessively encouraged her) to study the opposite of what Lord Byron did (poetry, arts) in fear that Ada would turn out like him and thus she studied mathematics and logic.

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A good point you bring up. Similar to Ada's mother, a lot of Asian parents are very involved with their child's academics and often push their kids towards studying STEM. Yet, even as a minority in America, Asians are never included in discussions related to diversity and inclusion within tech - and it isn't because this point is addressed. If we're going to attempt to find the root cause of why there may be a disparity in tech, race or gender, what good does it do to ignore the differences in upbringing?

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.” - John Adams (1735 - 1826)

No one needs to be given the right to study music.

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