The greatest asset of open source software is the ability to fork and improve. When it comes to our community’s culture, could we be better? I know we can. In fact, there are mathematical algorithms and scientific studies supporting the advantage of diverse teams.

The audience will explore with me these real-world and documented scientific studies while simulatenously relieving the awesomeness of Star Trek: Voyager.

We'll talk about:

• The principles surrounding Gene Rodenberry’s creation and how it can teach context and blind spots
• Research and mathematical models to prove the idea of diverse collective intelligence over individual intelligence within a group
• The ground-breaking symbolism of characters like Captain Janeway, Lieutenant Tuvok and Seven of Nine.