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Gabriela Jiménez calls for rethinking technology from an environmental ethic
The Minister of Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, urged a rethinking of technological development from an environmental ethic perspective. She made this statement during a meeting with students of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics course at the National University of Sciences Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán.
TL;DR
- Minister Gabriela Jiménez advocates for technological development to be viewed through an environmental ethic perspective.
- Discussions centered on the conflict between global resource needs and the expansion of tech infrastructure.
- The role of rare earth elements, crucial for technology but concentrated under global power dynamics, was a key topic.
- The current environmental and civilizational crisis stems from nature's overexploitation.
- Jiménez proposed a "new environmental rationality" involving reconnecting science, ethics, and culture.
- This new rationality should decolonize globalized knowledge and value local knowledge.
- Technology should be understood as a means to protect life, not as an end.
- The minister urged a relearning to inhabit the Earth through technological innovation.