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The CEO-Kings Are Coming

By: Vasilis Kostakis

A growing alliance of tech billionaires is accelerating the political trend towards authoritarianism. Not because they hate voting in principle, but because genuine democracy might impose limits: on wealth, on extraction, on the fantasy of endless growth. Read more about tech authoritarianism and the fight for 2026 in this piece.

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Kreisler: Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth

By: Cléo Mieulet

Kreisler, a space of community repair and share in Berlin that offers a hands-on response to the crises of overconsumption, social isolation, and infrastructural neglect.

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What technology for degrowth?

By: Vasilis Kostakis

The world crumbles around us. Wealth inequality is deepening while the human species is facing an existential crisis. Despite calls to accept neoliberalism as inevitable, our situation is not hopeless. However, placing hope in yet-to-materialize technology to address ecological crises and wealth inequality is audacious.   Narratives like “green growth”, “ecomodernism”, and...

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The Myth of Sisyphus and the 'State of Carbon Dioxide Removal'

By: Sofia Greaves

'The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal' report, published in January 2023, was presented as ‘a first-of-its kind, independent, scientific assessment.’ Rather than questioning the quite genuine commitment of scientists and researchers working to address climate change, the Myth of Sisyphus highlights a fundamental problem with the ontology of sustainability Science itself

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It’s time for a more nuanced discussion around Science, Technology, and Innovation in degrowth

By: Ben Robra, Josephine Becker

Despite an ever-increasing interest in degrowth scholarship, science, technology, and innovation (STI) have only been discussed marginally. It is vital to imagine different forms of STI not bound by the persisting growth imaginary.