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Up to 90% of all data is digital waste, and generative AI is making it worse. Discover the true ecological cost of our addiction to 'cheap' storage.

#1about 2 minutes

Introducing sustainable UX and the problem of digital waste

The Sustainable UX Network aims to address ecological and societal sustainability, highlighting that 90% of all internet data is never used.

#2about 5 minutes

Debating the value of long-term data storage

The internet's role as a library of information clashes with the environmental cost of storing unused data, suggesting a need for cold storage solutions.

#3about 6 minutes

How AI amplifies social media's addiction machine

Generative AI is being used to create even more low-value, ephemeral content for platforms like TikTok, worsening their negative societal effects.

#4about 5 minutes

Big Tech's narrative and the erosion of critical thinking

Big Tech pushes a narrative that benefits them, using AI to create manipulative content that erodes users' ability to think critically.

#5about 7 minutes

The myth of AI efficiency and the paradox of stolen time

Despite promises of efficiency from AI, people still work long hours, illustrating a paradox where technology intended to save time actually consumes it.

#6about 5 minutes

Uncovering the hidden environmental costs of AI

The true cost of "cheap" AI is externalized through massive energy consumption, straining power grids and increasing carbon emissions from data centers.

#7about 6 minutes

The dual use of AI for good and for harm

AI has valuable applications in climate modeling and medicine, but it is also used by fossil fuel companies to find new oil reserves.

#8about 6 minutes

Why we need friction in UX and government regulation

To counter the negative impacts of tech, UX designers should introduce intentional friction and governments must implement regulations since corporate self-regulation fails.

#9about 7 minutes