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Mixed feelings about the speculative plenary at #4S2026 #4SToronto. Some interesting ideas, but I was struck by how familiar the underlying visions of the future felt. Surely a reflection of some deeply shared normative assumptions within STS.
Nothing wrong with these aspirations. But I wonder why STS always reproduces its own normative commonplaces when imagining alternatives. There’s a certain irony in a field so committed to plurality producing relatively uniform visions of the future.
