Previous studies have shown that techno-scientific promises play key roles in the process of emergence of new technologies. The role of promises in the emergence of old technologies when they were young has, however, been overlooked. The main objective of this paper is to fill this gap. We draw on the concept of ‘regime of historicity’, defined as an organizational structure given societies impose on the experience of time and articulate the present, the past, and the future. Using four case studies, we argue that the way techno-scientific promises align with regimes of historicity is crucial. This paper shows that promising in the presentist regime using the modernist frame of innovation (creative destruction) raises many problems Instead, the building of horizons of hope may rest on promises based on processes of collective experimentation.

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科技承诺的过去未来

先前的研究表明，技术科学承诺在新技术出现的过程中发挥着关键作用。然而，承诺在旧技术年轻时的出现中所起的作用却被忽视了。本文的主要目的是填补这一空白。我们借鉴了“历史性制度”的概念，该概念被定义为社会强加于时间经验并阐明现在、过去和未来的组织结构。通过四个案例研究，我们认为技术科学承诺与历史性制度相一致的方式至关重要。本文表明，使用现代主义创新框架（创造性破坏）在现在主义政权中做出承诺会引发许多问题。相反，希望视野的建立可能依赖于基于集体实验过程的承诺。