I think it's creating a distraction from you know actual kind of policies that would address this crisis and make people's lives better. Bill Gates is an interesting figure because yes as he said all about this kind of imagined innovation and tech solutions. There are lots of equivalent innovations that are focused on just replacing the kind of systems that we have now one for one, rather than doing anything to address the inherent inescapable questions of inequality and injustice at the heart of these problems.
Paris Marx is joined by Adrienne Buller to discuss how the tech and finance industries are selling us false solutions to the climate crisis that are designed for their own benefit.
Adrienne Buller is the Director of Research at Common Wealth and the author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. Follow Adrienne on Twitter at @adribuller.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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