Data: Clive Ashwin wants us to take our heads out of the cloud

‘The cloud is emerging as an environmentally-destructive force.’

by Clive Ashwin 3rd March 2023

My life operates along two tracks. One is material: I meet and talk to people in the street or at the Meeting house. I go into a shop and give the assistant something material, in the form of money, and the assistant gives me the item I request. Alternatively, much of what I do is what we might call virtual. Instead of speaking to someone directly, I send an email. Instead of offering cash in a shop, I use a credit card or order online. Instead of meeting up, I join a Zoom call.