Phasing out fossil fuels, banning pesticides, exiting nuclear power, retiring the combustion engine — modern societies are under growing pressure to actively end established unsustainable technologies. Yet while innovation is intensively studied, remarkably little is known about how successful endings actually come about. Technologies of Discontinuation: Towards Transformative Policies (Edward Elgar, 2026) closes this gap. … Continue reading How do you end a technology? A blueprint for governing the end of the old
