Big tech thinks it can solve climate change without confronting capitalism
At the Collision conference in Toronto, humanity is at the mercy of venture capitalists and CEOs
By H.G. Watson
After making her way down a fake set of stairs designed to look like a fire escape in a back alley, Deborah Brosnan, a marine scientist and climate-risk expert, took the stage at the Collision conference in Toronto.
“The assumption is the sea is too big to fail,” she said — it’s why, despite the massive plastic pollution and environmental degradation, green ocean tech isn't getting nearly enough of the investment that it needs.
Just outside the stage areas, attendees nabbed free pens at a massive Walmart booth, designed to look like a delivery box — promotion for online retailing technology.