Achieving Technological Sustainability | The Future Of The Future | With Diana Kelley

One of the main topics we discuss in our Talk Show, The Future Of The Future, is how the decisions we make today will either help — or screw over — society, and humanity, down the road. Today’s conversation fits this topic to a tee: looking at whether or now we can achieve sustainability with (and in) technology. To find out, we get to chat with our good friend, Diana Kelley.

To kick this conversation into gear, we must remember that technology is not just about technology in and of itself. Instead, technology is humanity; technology is also the future of humanity. And, to this end, if the technology is not sustainable—if it uses more resources than available to function—so will our society be unsustainable.

This begs the following questions:

Do we need all of those IoT devices in our homes, our offices, our vehicles, our cities?

Do we need to “keep up with the Jones” by buying a new smartphone every year? And a new tablet? And a new laptop? And a new digital assistant?

Can we not get new features for our “things” without having to buy the latest and most excellent device? Think about blind spot warnings, automated parking, backup protection, pedestrian detection, and other security-related features in a car — does everybody need to buy that new car for society to be safer? Or, are there different ways to handle these upgrades?

What parallels can we draw upon—namely in modularization, APIs, and other plug-n-play and over-the-air-update models—to make our technological world a better, more sustainable place?

It’s no secret that we are living in a throw-away economy—as soon as we buy something, we are counting the days until we pay for that something and can update it to the next version. It’s a trend that can’t stick if we want to create a society that succeeds through sustainability, and save ourselves and our planet while we do that.

With this view of the world in mind, what decisions will you make today to make for a better future for yourself and the next generation?

This might not be an easy question to answer. The important ones often aren’t. This doesn’t mean we can avoid the hard work to find the answer(s). Instead, it means we must hit the question head-on to explore what options we have, such that the decisions we do make today will, in fact, make for a better future.

*Hint: we have options.

Guest(s)
Diana Kelley | Cybersecurity Field CTO at Microsoft, Security Architect, Keynote Speaker, Author, and Strategist.

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