This live fireside chat was co-organized by Data & Society and Tech Workers Coalition during SF Climate Week 2025 at Tamarack, a community space located in Oakland, California. The live discussion features Tamara Kneese in dialogue with tech journalist, Alexis Madrigal, and internet researcher, Xiaowei R. Wang. The speakers reflect on the relationship between current discourses around the environmental impacts and histories of resource extraction across the AI supply chain. How are communities grappling with the material, environmental impacts of digital technologies from an international, historical perspective? How do we build solidarities of understanding between knowledge workers and directly impacted communities?
Books
Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond (Tamara Kneese)
The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City (Alexis Madrigal)
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside (Xiaowei Wang)