Green Dreams: Why Technology Can't Save the World
Autor Tanner Mirrlees, Dr. Imre Szemanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 apr 2027
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350443174
ISBN-10: 1350443174
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350443174
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Comfort of Solutions
1. The EV Illusion
2. Inventing Techno-Optimism
3. California Dreamin'
4. Code Green
5. The Dream Machine
6. Power Plays
Conclusion: Exit Strategies
Coda: The New Laws of Nature
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: The Comfort of Solutions
1. The EV Illusion
2. Inventing Techno-Optimism
3. California Dreamin'
4. Code Green
5. The Dream Machine
6. Power Plays
Conclusion: Exit Strategies
Coda: The New Laws of Nature
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
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.
Can Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other big-tech Prometheans tackle the climate crisis on our behalf using technologies so clever they seem like magic? No, is the emphatic answer detailed in this absorbing and alarming book. Capitalism California-style is the root of our global problems, not the source of much-needed solutions. Wake up from your 'green dreams' is the urgent message of Mirrlees and Szeman.
The energy landscape is shifting beneath our feet. Solar and wind power are spreading, as are right-wing movements that defend fossil fuels, allied with tech elites who demand more energy. Green Dreams is an indispensable guide through this morass. At the root of the problem, argue Tanner Mirrlees and Imre Szeman, is our widespread faith in technology as the only hope for a better future. From Hollywood to liberal environmentalists, and from AI to China's green tech boom,Mirrlees and Szeman tell a dynamic story of how techno-optimism rose to power, turned green, and remains as strong as ever. Readers will find the tools to dislodge that false hope and bring better energy dreams to life.
Why is every little territory of our lives colonised by devices? And why has technology invaded the planet, as the only force capable - so we are told - of keeping it liveable and getting global warming under control? In this pellucid and pithy essay, Tanner Mirrlees and Imre Szeman strip away the illusions around dead things supposed to be green - EVs, carbon capture, clouds, AI and much more - connect them to the far right and Hollywood, write the history of the cult and critique of modern tech and, most importantly, insist on shaking off this occupation. Only if living human beings rediscover their freedom to shape the world can it become less destructive. Essential reading for an age saturated with gadgets.
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.
Can Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other big-tech Prometheans tackle the climate crisis on our behalf using technologies so clever they seem like magic? No, is the emphatic answer detailed in this absorbing and alarming book. Capitalism California-style is the root of our global problems, not the source of much-needed solutions. Wake up from your 'green dreams' is the urgent message of Mirrlees and Szeman.
The energy landscape is shifting beneath our feet. Solar and wind power are spreading, as are right-wing movements that defend fossil fuels, allied with tech elites who demand more energy. Green Dreams is an indispensable guide through this morass. At the root of the problem, argue Tanner Mirrlees and Imre Szeman, is our widespread faith in technology as the only hope for a better future. From Hollywood to liberal environmentalists, and from AI to China's green tech boom,Mirrlees and Szeman tell a dynamic story of how techno-optimism rose to power, turned green, and remains as strong as ever. Readers will find the tools to dislodge that false hope and bring better energy dreams to life.
Why is every little territory of our lives colonised by devices? And why has technology invaded the planet, as the only force capable - so we are told - of keeping it liveable and getting global warming under control? In this pellucid and pithy essay, Tanner Mirrlees and Imre Szeman strip away the illusions around dead things supposed to be green - EVs, carbon capture, clouds, AI and much more - connect them to the far right and Hollywood, write the history of the cult and critique of modern tech and, most importantly, insist on shaking off this occupation. Only if living human beings rediscover their freedom to shape the world can it become less destructive. Essential reading for an age saturated with gadgets.