This moment calls for humility – we cannot innovate ourselves out of this messWe are living through what scientists call the Anthropocene, a new geological age during which humans have become the dominant force shaping the natural environment. Many scientists date this new period to the post-second world war economic boom, the “great acceleration”. This rapid increase in our control over the Earth has brought us to the precipice of catastrophic climate change, triggered a mass extinction, disrupted our planet’s nitrogen cycles and acidified its oceans, among other things.Our society has come to believe that technology is the solution. Electricity… Source – Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/24/climate-change-crisis-culture-politics-technology