The cost of participation in an open system is giving something away, but when the right set of partnerships come together open systems can create value- of one sort or another- for all participants.
Are the “techno future” and “nature future” narratives at odds with each other?
A talk by MIT researcher Sherry Turkle on how we’re letting technology take us places we don’t want to go.
Carrier pigeons have delivered everything from secret messages to emergency medicine.
iFixit sells tools and parts and provides free, crowdsourced manuals that help you repair everything from coffeemakers to bikes to tablets and iPhones.
If we commonly believe that “technology is the answer to all our problems”, perhaps we might consider what problems technology is causing or exacerbating.
Only a few generations ago many of the practices we associate with sustainability were commonplace.
Reflections on the state of digital government and a plan for where it should go.
There is a new theme emerging in the technology sphere: quietness.
Due to complex inter-dependencies, attempting to solve one facet of a wicked problem can expose or create other problems.
ICT’s environmental impact is still an open question.