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:

arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/environment-sustaina…

Buck, H. J. (2019). After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration. Verso.

versobooks.com/products/722-after-geoengineeri…

Buck, H. J. (2019). Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough. Verso.

versobooks.com/products/2735-ending-fossil-fue…

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.

mandelbaum.at/buecher/tadzio-mueller/zwischen-…

on degrowth:

surplusmagazin.de/china-neuer-funfjahresplan-n…

White, J. (2024). In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea. Profile Books.

profilebooks.com/work/in-the-long-run

Holly’s essay in Compact Magazine:

compactmag.com/article/the-long-slow-death-of-…

Jaeggi, R. (2023). Fortschritt und Regression. Suhrkamp.

suhrkamp.de/buch/rahel-jaeggi-fortschritt-und-…

Huber, M. (2013). Lifeblood. Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital. University of Minnesota Press.

upress.umn.edu/9780816677856/lifeblood

Daggett, C. (2018). Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire. Millennium: Journal of International Studies.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0305829818775…

on Orphaned Wells:

doi.gov/orphanedwells

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphaned_wells_in_the_Un…

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/a…

Blumenfeld, J. (2024a). Managing Decline. Cured Quail, Vol. 3.

curedquail.com/Managing-Decline

on Athropic’s IPO (initial public offering):

anthropic.com

edition.cnn.com/2026/10/05/business/anthropic-…

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.

researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publications/countri…

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:

ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/Reclaiming-D…

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S03E34 | Cecilia Rikap on Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism and Corporate Power in the Age of AI

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S03E32 | Jacob Blumenfeld on Climate Barbarism and Managing Decline

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S02E26 | Andrea Vetter zu Degrowth und Technologie

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