S04E15
Holly Jean Buck on Emerging Technologies and Managing Decline
Holly Jean Buck on fossil fuels, development, and the role of emerging technologies in managing decline.
Shownotes Holly Jean Buck
Holly Jean Buck at the Department of Environment and Sustainability, University of Buffalo:
Buck, H. J. (2019). After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration. Verso.
Buck, H. J. (2019). Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough. Verso.
on the term ‘assholocene’ used by German climate activist Tadzio Müller:
Müller, T. (2024). Zwischen friedlicher Sabotage und Kollaps. Wie ich lernte, die Zukunft wieder zu lieben.
https://www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/tadzio-mueller/zwischen-friedlicher-sabotage-und-kollaps/
on degrowth:
https://www.surplusmagazin.de/china-neuer-funfjahresplan-nationalervolkskongress/
White, J. (2024). In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea. Profile Books.
https://profilebooks.com/work/in-the-long-run/
Holly’s essay in Compact Magazine:
https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-long-slow-death-of-development/
Jaeggi, R. (2023). Fortschritt und Regression. Suhrkamp.
https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/rahel-jaeggi-fortschritt-und-regression-t-9783518587140
Huber, M. (2013). Lifeblood. Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital. University of Minnesota Press.
https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816677856/lifeblood/
Daggett, C. (2018). Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire. Millennium: Journal of International Studies.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0305829818775817
on Orphaned Wells:
https://www.doi.gov/orphanedwells
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphaned_wells_in_the_United_States
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acdae7/meta
Blumenfeld, J. (2024a). Managing Decline. Cured Quail, Vol. 3.
https://curedquail.com/Managing-Decline
on Athropic’s IPO (initial public offering):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/05/business/anthropic-ipo-stock-market
on long-term climate strategies:
Buck, H. J., Carton, W., Lund, J. F., & Markusson, N. (2023). Countries’ long-term climate strategies fail to define residual emissions. Nature climate change, 13(4), 317-319.
on Cecilia Rikae’s work on a digital stack:
Rikap C., Durand, C., Paraná, E., Gerbaudo, P. and Marx P. (2024). Reclaiming digital sovereignty: A roadmap to build a digital stack for people and the planet. Available at:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/Reclaiming-Digital-Sovereignty
Relevant Future Histories Episodes
S04E11 | Jonathan White on the Future as a Political Idea
S03E46 | Rahel Jaeggi zur Krise des Liberalismus, Fortschritt als Prozess und sozialistischem Utopisieren
S03E34 | Cecilia Rikap on Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism and Corporate Power in the Age of AI
S03E32 | Jacob Blumenfeld on Climate Barbarism and Managing Decline
S02E26 | Andrea Vetter zu Degrowth und Technologie
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e26-andrea-vetter-zu-degrowth-und-technologie/
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