Great article as usual! As someone who works in information technology and is an electronics enthusiast, this article makes me wonder and reflect on what a "sustainable technology" would look like. Consumer electronics drive much of the damaging mining practices that go on in the world and the annual release of the next revolutionary, must-have cell phones, graphics cards, televisions, tablets, etc fill landfills and waste precious materials that are largely unrecoverable every time we upgrade. I'm certain that I'm not the first person to come to this realization so I'm wondering if you have any books/resources to recommend on "sustainable technology"?
Great article as usual! As someone who works in information technology and is an electronics enthusiast, this article makes me wonder and reflect on what a "sustainable technology" would look like. Consumer electronics drive much of the damaging mining practices that go on in the world and the annual release of the next revolutionary, must-have cell phones, graphics cards, televisions, tablets, etc fill landfills and waste precious materials that are largely unrecoverable every time we upgrade. I'm certain that I'm not the first person to come to this realization so I'm wondering if you have any books/resources to recommend on "sustainable technology"?