• How data centers fooled everyone for so many years

    It is always a sign of danger when there is an obsession with one metric. It is always a sign that, behind the scenes, something nefarious is going on. Our environment is immensely complex and interconnected. We must always seek to calculate the true and total costs of our actions. For many years, the data read more

About Gerry

Gerry McGovern has spent most of his career focused on reducing data waste, particularly with his method Top Tasks. He has published nine books. His upcoming one, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, deals with a rapidly oncoming environmental and civilizational collapse driven by the excesses and wastes of our abusive technological society, and particularly by white male supremacy culture. His 2020 book, World Wide Waste: How digital is killing the planet and what to do about it, focused on reducing digital waste. His new book, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, will be published in February 2026.

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