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Silicon Valley’s Quick Fixes
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Our world is replete with problems, calling out for repair and change. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have solutions at the ready – tech fixes and innovations that they claim will make a difference. Scholar Julie Guthman discusses the problem with such solutions, and the mindset that has permeated institutions of higher learning which reward the development of such fixes over critical thinking and systemic change.
Resources:
Julie Guthman, The Problem with Solutions: Why Silicon Valley Can’t Hack the Future of Food UC Press, 2024
The post Silicon Valley’s Quick Fixes appeared first on KPFA.
1132 episodi
Manage episode 436685164 series 20984
Our world is replete with problems, calling out for repair and change. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have solutions at the ready – tech fixes and innovations that they claim will make a difference. Scholar Julie Guthman discusses the problem with such solutions, and the mindset that has permeated institutions of higher learning which reward the development of such fixes over critical thinking and systemic change.
Resources:
Julie Guthman, The Problem with Solutions: Why Silicon Valley Can’t Hack the Future of Food UC Press, 2024
The post Silicon Valley’s Quick Fixes appeared first on KPFA.
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