Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

Green Dreams

Why Technology Can't Save the World

Av Tanner Mirrlees, Imre Szeman

252 kr

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Electric cars, smart apps, green AI, carbon capture, solar panels—everywhere we turn, we’re told technology will save the planet. Green Dreams shows why that promise is so compelling, and why it keeps us chasing solutions that leave the real causes of the climate crisis untouched.Blending cultural criticism, political analysis, and environmental history, Green Dreams traces the rise of green techno-optimism from postwar fantasies of progress to Silicon Valley manifestos, EV marketing, Big Tech sustainability campaigns, and Hollywood eco-futures. Along the way, it exposes the hidden costs of supposedly “clean” technologies: extractive mining, exploding energy demand, ecological destruction, and the preservation of systems built on endless growth and consumption. Rather than rejecting technology outright, Tanner Mirrlees and Imre Szeman argue that technological solutions can matter only if paired with deeper social, political, and economic transformation. Provocative, accessible, and sharply argued, Green Dreams offers a powerful critique of one of the defining ideologies of our time.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2027-02-04
Mått: 138 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt: 454 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 240
Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781350443174

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Tanner Mirrlees is Professor of Communication and Digital Media Studies at Ontario Tech University, Canada. Imre Szeman is the inaugural Director of the Institute for Environment, Culture and Society and Professor of Human Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada.

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In Green Dreams: Why Technology Can’t Save the World, Mirrlees and Szeman precisely skewer the enticing lure of green techno-optimism—the false promise, often employed by politicians, that "green" technology will save us from impending climate chaos. Techno-optimism does not threaten the status quo of capitalism and economic growth. It is a false and dangerous promise. Thankfully, Green Dreams rejects techno-pessimism and the risk of despair. Truth telling is foundational to building a new and more radical hope. As this book underscores “Ignoring earthly limits is not optimism, but delusion.” The hope for the future lies in our ability to follow Green Dreams’ nine new laws of nature. Optimism stems from the human spirit and Mother Earth herself. Everything is connected to everything else, as are we all.

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