{"product_id":"green-dreams-tanner-mirrlees-9781350443174","title":"Green Dreams: Why Technology Can't Save the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElectric cars, smart apps, green AI, carbon capture, solar panels-everywhere we turn, we're told technology will save the planet. \u003ci\u003eGreen Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e shows why that promise is so compelling, and why it keeps us chasing solutions that leave the real causes of the climate crisis untouched.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending cultural criticism, political analysis, and environmental history, \u003ci\u003eGreen Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e traces the rise of green techno-optimism from postwar fantasies of progress to Silicon Valley manifestos, EV marketing, Big Tech sustainability campaigns, and Hollywood eco-futures. Along the way, it exposes the hidden costs of supposedly \"clean\" technologies: extractive mining, exploding energy demand, ecological destruction, and the preservation of systems built on endless growth and consumption. Rather than rejecting technology outright, Tanner Mirrlees and Imre Szeman argue that technological solutions can matter only if paired with deeper social, political, and economic transformation. Provocative, accessible, and sharply argued, \u003ci\u003eGreen Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e offers a powerful critique of one of the defining ideologies of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tanner Mirrlees,Imre Szeman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350443174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350443174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Tanner Mirrlees","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874651779327,"sku":"9781350443174","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/green-dreams-tanner-mirrlees-9781350443174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}