Does MIT, with its resources and collaborations, have a unique advantage toward tackling issues of sustainability?
Yes, that is a great opportunity here. One of the things we’re trying to do differently at MIT is not to view sustainability in a siloed approach. In the past, we’ve had the energy people just talk about energy, the environmental people just talk about climate change, the social people only talk about the social side of things … without a realization that all these things are linked. Here, with the expertise on campus already, we have the possibility of bringing the community together to work on issues in a systemic way, and we know that technology will play an important part. It’s not going to solve it, of course, but technology is going to enable some of the changes we need. What we want to do is link together the technology side with the organizational side in discussions on our choices and strategies. If we can do that, and I think MIT is probably one of the few places in the world that can, we could really show the possibilities, we could show what the limitations are, and how to
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