Christoph Becker

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Christoph Becker
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Professor of Information studying just sustainability in IT: design, software, requirements, values, power, responsibility. Critical Systems Thinker, #TechOtherwise, just sustainability design, #degrowth. 
Book INSOLVENT: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability @MIT Press 2023 https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/insolvent
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he/him Dead bird @ChriBecker Book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/insolvent Personal website: https://christoph-becker.info/ Just Sustainability Design lab: justsustainabilitydesign.org/ Keywords: just sustainability design, social responsibility, ethics, values, politics, decision making, data curation, social aspects of software engineering
At the talks about a possible UN treaty to reduce plastic pollution (“the last chance to hammer out a treaty to cut plastic pollution around the world”), the largest single group is … plastic production lobbyists. They outnumber scientists 3:1. #fossilfuels
"Just as composting makes nutrients from necrosis, in 2025, Big Tech’s end will be the beginning of a new and vibrant ecosystem. The smart, actually cool, genuinely interested people will once again have their moment, getting the resources and clearance to design and (re)build a tech ecosystem that is actually innovative and built for benefit, not just profit and control." here's some 🔥from [@Mer__edith]( ) @npub192uz...ccwj #TechOtherwise
Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in ‘world first’ deal “the senior director for energy and climate at Google, said: “The grid needs new electricity sources to support AI technologies that are powering major scientific advances, improving services for businesses and customers, and driving national competitiveness and economic growth.” #AIHype #climateCrisis #generativeAI