'A Warning About Technology’: Acclaimed author to launch new book in Leitrim

On Friday, the 13th of February, acclaimed writer Gerry McGovern will be in Leitrim to discuss his new book  ‘99th Day: A Warning About Technology.’

The event, which will take place at the Glens Centre in North Leitrim, is part of McGovern's tour launching his new book ‘99th Day: A Warning About Technology,’ and is hosted by North Leitrim Sustainable Energy Community and Treasure Leitrim. 

McGovern is a renowned thinker on technology and its effect on society, and author of a plethora of acclaimed books, such as ‘World Wide Waste: How digital is killing the planet and what to do about it.‘

The event will include a panel community conversation with the author Adrienne Diamond (Wind Aware Dromahair), Darragh Mitchell (North Leitrim Sustainable Energy Community), and Dr. Aedín McLoughlin (Good Energies Alliance Ireland).

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There will also be music on the night from Kila’s Dee Armstrong and Friends. 

The talk is described as an opportunity to discuss becoming good ancestors and to begin planning a transition away from systems that continue to harm our Mother Earth.

The book itself focuses on the state of the planet and the destruction of the environment brought on by human activity and poses the question of how humans become good caretakers of the world that will be left to future generations.

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“The book is important because it's one of the first books that are kind of challenging mining and challenging AI,” Say Leitrim Councillor Eddie Mitchell.

“What I would say is that AI is an extractive industry, and that we have to be we're heading in a direction now where we're going after more and more energy to advance all of these minerals like copper, and in order to meet the requirements of AI. “

“So we're no longer developing minerals, and we're no longer trying to create renewables, fossil fuels. We're actually developing them now to try and meet the demand for AI. And that's just going to exhaust everything.”