This is a conversation with Paz Peña, a Chile-based independent consultant and activist, who recently published a paper entitled “Bigger, more, better, faster: The ecological paradox of digital economies” for Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch). The research by Paz Peña is part of a report launched by the Association for Progressive Communications. You can find the full report here.

Topics Discussed:

Digital economies and environmental sustainability
The ecological paradox of dematerialisation
‘Smart cities’ and the Internet of Things (IoT)
The problem with techno-solutionism
Tech in the framework of degrowth and postgrowth
Artificial Intelligence is a feminist issue
Tech isn’t neutral

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