…behind the current epoch’s rush toward modern development, or toward what Lewis Mumford has called the “megatechnic” economy, the market’s growth imperative, which schooling and development promote, helps to expose it as a socially and ecologically devastating virus. As it infect…

…s (ASAIL 2025), Chicago, USA, June 16, 2025. Edited by: Francesca Lagioia, Jack Mumford, Hannes Westermann Submitted by: Jack Mumford Published on CEUR-WS: 25-Feb-2026 ONLINE: URN: urn:nbn:de:0074-4174-x ARCHIVE: Vol-4173 FIRE 2025 Working Notes. Working Notes of FIRE 2025 - Foru…

…s (ASAIL 2025), Chicago, USA, June 16, 2025. Edited by: Francesca Lagioia, Jack Mumford, Hannes Westermann Submitted by: Jack Mumford Published on CEUR-WS: 25-Feb-2026 ONLINE: URN: urn:nbn:de:0074-4174-x ARCHIVE: Vol-4173 FIRE 2025 Working Notes. Working Notes of FIRE 2025 - Foru…