The problem with solutions why Silicon Valley can't hack the future of food
Introduction : the origins of solutions -- Silicon Valley and the urge to make the world a better place -- Agri-food solutions before Silicon Valley -- Silicon Valley bites off agriculture and food -- Alternative protein and the nothing burger of the techno-fix -- Digital technologies and plowing th...
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2024
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : the origins of solutions -- Silicon Valley and the urge to make the world a better place -- Agri-food solutions before Silicon Valley -- Silicon Valley bites off agriculture and food -- Alternative protein and the nothing burger of the techno-fix -- Digital technologies and plowing through to the problem -- Silicon Valley thinking comes to the university -- Big ideas and making Silicon Valley-style solution-makers -- Conclusion : the pessimism of solutions and the (cautious) optimism of response. "A concise and feisty takedown of the all-style, no-substance tech ventures that fail to solve our food crises. The Problem with Solutions combines an analysis of the rise of tech company solution culture with findings from actual research on the sector's ill-informed attempts to address the problems of food and agriculture. As this seductive approach continues to infiltrate universities and academia, Guthman challenges us to reject apolitical and self-gratifying techno-solutions and develop the capacity and willingness to respond to the root causes of these crises. Solutions, she argues, are a product of our current condition, not an answer to it." |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 254 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780520402676 978-0-520-40267-6 9780520402669 978-0-520-40266-9 |