Christoph BeckerOct 1, 2024

My book "Insolvent: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability" was reviewed in the Journal of Responsible Technology by a very capable team of researchers.
Their conclusion: "Overall, Insolvent renders great service to the social sciences’ understanding of computing as an important science and technology and articulates a fierce reflexive critique of computer science from within the field" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2024.100092

#computing #sustainability #ai #climatechange #design #criticalfriends

Insolvent. How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability. Christoph Becker (2023). Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press.

Show threadChristoph BeckerJun 6, 2023
The 'critical friends' of computing - fields like #feminist #STS, critical #SystemsThinking and others - critique because they care. (So do I!) That's uncomfortable. Uncomfortable is good! That's a start for a new, better, ecologized #computing. With the #CriticalFriends, INSOLVENT develops a vision for #JustSustainabilityDesign. For those in tech, it can help them orient their work; for those adjacent, it offers insights into how tech reasons and ways to build critical friendships with tech.