disposable technology built in the wake of the "move fast and break things" mindset centers five key axioms: 1. do not value things that have stood the test of time. innovation over maintenance. 2. stay on the bleeding edge. no matter who is bleeding, externalities are not a technologist's concern. 3. growth at all costs. it will pay for itself eventually. 4. starting again has no cost. throw away, destroy and disrupt at will. 5. there is one true way forward. competition will mean the best will rise to the top maintenance is traditionally uncelebrated, viewed as important only when something goes catastrophically wrong. with view to paradigms like permacomputing, degrowth and computing within limits, i want to discuss throwaway technology culture, and grapple with the struggle to wrest back our futures from this paradigm.