The belief in Moore's Law is undermining ICT climate action
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| author | Friday, Adrian Bremer, Christina Bates, Oliver Remy, Christian Mitra, Srinjoy Muehlberg, Jan Tobias |
| author_facet | Friday, Adrian Bremer, Christina Bates, Oliver Remy, Christian Mitra, Srinjoy Muehlberg, Jan Tobias |
| contents | The growth of semiconductor technology is unprecedented, with profound transformational consequences for society. This includes feeding an over-reliance on digital solutions to systemic problems such as climate change ('techno-solutionism'). Such technologies come at a cost: environmental, social and material. We unpack topics arising from "The True Cost of ICT: From Materiality to Techno-Solutionism (TCICT)", a workshop held at the International ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S) conference 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden -- exploring, as a matter of global climate injustice, the drivers and material dependencies of these technologies. We point to the importance of addressing ICT's impacts as a system, rather than purely in terms of efficiency and energy use. We conclude by calling to build a community of like-minded and critical colleagues to address the intersectional climate impacts of the semiconductor industry and the techno-solutionism it embodies. |
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| spellingShingle | The belief in Moore's Law is undermining ICT climate action Friday, Adrian Bremer, Christina Bates, Oliver Remy, Christian Mitra, Srinjoy Muehlberg, Jan Tobias Computers and Society The growth of semiconductor technology is unprecedented, with profound transformational consequences for society. This includes feeding an over-reliance on digital solutions to systemic problems such as climate change ('techno-solutionism'). Such technologies come at a cost: environmental, social and material. We unpack topics arising from "The True Cost of ICT: From Materiality to Techno-Solutionism (TCICT)", a workshop held at the International ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S) conference 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden -- exploring, as a matter of global climate injustice, the drivers and material dependencies of these technologies. We point to the importance of addressing ICT's impacts as a system, rather than purely in terms of efficiency and energy use. We conclude by calling to build a community of like-minded and critical colleagues to address the intersectional climate impacts of the semiconductor industry and the techno-solutionism it embodies. |
| title | The belief in Moore's Law is undermining ICT climate action |
| topic | Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17391 |