Joi Ito's Near-Perfect Explanation of the Next 100 Years - Technology Review

Joi Ito's Near-Perfect Explanation of the Next 100 Years

"One hundred years from now, the role of science and technology will be about becoming part of nature rather than trying to control it."

Christopher Mims 05/13/2012

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Joi Ito (Photo: Joi Ito)

"Steelcase asked 100 thinkers to describe their wish for the next 100 years, and MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito hit it out of the park with this 150-word bon mot:

One hundred years from now, the role of science and technology will be about becoming part of nature rather than trying to control it.

So much of science and technology has been about pursuing efficiency, scale and “exponential growth” at the expense of our environment and our resources. We have rewarded those who invent technologies that control our triumph over nature in some way. This is clearly not sustainable.

We must understand that we live in a complex system where everything is interrelated and interdependent and that everything we design impacts a larger system.

My dream is that 100 years from now, we will be learning from nature, integrating with nature and using science and technology to bring nature into our lives to make human beings and our artifacts not only zero impact but a positive impact to the natural system that we live in...."

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