“whose existence and names we will never know or acknowledge.” That’s the problem. We know their names. We know their stories, their contributions. Babbage. Lo

“whose existence and names we will never know or acknowledge.” That’s the problem. We know their names. We know their stories, their contributions. Babbage. Lovelace. Ritchie. Spielberg. Picasso. Rembrandt. This is what giving attribution is all about. So we don’t just stand there asking how we got here.