How To Make Technology Solve Big Problems?
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Jessika Trancik |
TEDxCambridgeSalon
• September 2017
Technology is both a reason behind several major threats to people and the planet, and a potential solution. Climate change is one example, where energy technology largely created the problem, and will also be required to address it. But how good are we at developing technological solutions to the big problems that matter most, and how can we do better? Jessika Trancik, Associate Professor at the MIT, shares how we can measure and understand the drivers of technological progress, to make better investments of time and money in solving societal-scale challenges like climate change.