#technolatry — Public Fediverse posts
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New from @gerrymcgovern (CW: irony alert!)
"Tech Santa has arrived, and even though the ice is melting, his bag is still bulging with the latest, greatest tech toys for the boys. Let’s see, what do we have here? AI, bitcoin, shiny, shiny electric vehicles, scooters, vapes, and solar panels. Wind machines with gigantic blades that can reach almost as high as the Eiffel Tower. Wow! How could you not be impressed."
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/03/24/technology-is-the-enemy-of-degrowth/ -
New from @gerrymcgovern (CW: irony alert!)
"Tech Santa has arrived, and even though the ice is melting, his bag is still bulging with the latest, greatest tech toys for the boys. Let’s see, what do we have here? AI, bitcoin, shiny, shiny electric vehicles, scooters, vapes, and solar panels. Wind machines with gigantic blades that can reach almost as high as the Eiffel Tower. Wow! How could you not be impressed."
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/03/24/technology-is-the-enemy-of-degrowth/ -
I strongly recommend this new book. It is well informed and written well and persuasively.
If you think green tech is the future, that massive deployment of renewables is the answer, then take a look.99th Day: A Warning About Technology | Gerry McGovern
https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/99th-day/ -
Critique of George Monbiot's recent, and rather puzzling, pieces on food systems
The challenge of food ecomodernism: a puzzle outlined - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-12-22/the-challenge-of-food-ecomodernism-a-puzzle-outlined/
#food #ecomodernism #technolatry