A few Critical Climate Technology Breakthroughs Multiplied by “Instigators” is desperately needed
by Vinod Khosla
added by sari · updated 2y ago
A few Critical Climate Technology Breakthroughs Multiplied by “Instigators” is desperately needed
- Many people in the tech world get solace from today’s torrid pace of innovation—they think that we’ll innovate our way out of the climate crisis. And they might be right. I’m somewhere in between—we probably should be freaking out right now, but I also get some solace from the caliber of entrepreneurs working on the climate crisis.
from Building the Sustainable Economy 🌱 by Rex Woodbury
Keely Adler added
while technology has gotten us into this mess (climate change) only technology can get us out of it. Only the technium (our technological system) is “big” enough to work at the global scale needed to fix this planetary sized problem. Individual personal virtue (bicycling, using recycling bins) is not enough.
from Interview: Kevin Kelly, Editor, Author, and Futurist by Kevin Kelly
sari added
- technology has come a long way since 2010, and even more importantly (and more depressingly), climate change has advanced rapidly, increasing regulatory scrutiny. Regulatory scrutiny pressures capitalism, which in turn jumpstarts more business creation.
from Building the Sustainable Economy 🌱 by Rex Woodbury
Keely Adler added