The Importance of Controlling Your Own Destiny

Carlton: I kind of feel that we tend not to talk too much about this as technologists, because we don't really have the language for using this. But in many ways, the things that you might value as someone who cares about us moving to an advanced humane future are the same things you value as an engineer - avoiding needless waste and avoiding needless harm. And there are ways to align this stuff. It's a more health, healthy way of thinking about this. We're heading into like, we're literally in a climate emergency," he says.