Dustin Edwards, associate professor and rhetoric scholar, dives deep into the environmental and social impacts of digital infrastructure. He explores the damage caused by data centers and mining, highlighting ethical storytelling and colonial histories. The conversation touches on the complex interplay between masculinity, labor, and technology, as well as the need for a decolonial, feminist, and anti-racist lens in academia. Edwards urges a shift towards human-centric values in an increasingly data-driven world, calling for mindfulness and resistance to datafication.
