Racism is a structural phenomenon, and technological development, though perceived as a neutral space, is far from being exempt from it.

Au micro de Camille Crosnier, deux questions posées par Aurélien Barrau nous ont interpellées. « Globalement on écoute les médecins. Pourquoi n’écoute-t-on pas les climatologues et les biologistes face à la méta-crise écologique qui se profile ?»

Low-tech is often presented as a counter-model to high-tech. Simpler technologies, fewer resources, more resilience: a way to reconcile innovation with ecological constraints. This suggests that the problem lies in the level of technology itself. As if the question were simply to choose between more or less sophisticated systems. It is not.

Autonomous vehicles are currently presented as one of the most promising technological breakthroughs in mobility. Safer roads, fewer emissions, better access to transport, more efficient systems: the list of expected benefits is long, and by now familiar. These promises are not just speculative. They are already structuring industrial strategies and public policies.

How many social enterprises are born in laboratories? How many social enterprises are technology leaders? And why is it crucial to ask these questions nowadays?

The question seems both urgent and necessary. Yet it is poorly framed. It assumes that we can choose our technologies based on their contribution to sustainability. In reality, however, that is not what we do.