The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz
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We are told that technology is on the brink of ruining everything. But we are being lied to, and the truth is so much better. Marc Andreessen presents his techno-optimist vision for the future.

I don’t really have much to say… it kind of speaks for itself. I do appreciate the table of contents so you don’t get lost in the short paragraphs though

  • self@awful.systemsEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    this is a really handy link to have for the next time someone calls my socialist writings unhinged

    also, A8n H6z writes long form posts like someone who used to get yelled at for not having enough paragraph breaks and has since massively overcompensated. usually shit writing is unreadable because the paragraphs are too long — ^A.*z$ innovated by making tiny paragraphs my eyes refuse to stay focused on long enough for me to absorb anything

    • Deborah@hachyderm.io
      12·
      1 year ago

      I dunno, opening with “ I am here to bring the good news.” makes me think that dollar store Kingpin here thinks he’s the second coming and he’s writing bible verse or some shit like that.

    • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      looking at the content briefly, that modelling seems to be intentional. they probably sell it as “different to make impact”, but just like a fence the barbs are the point of it I suspect

      the obtuseness trick of the cults, to make you work for it and then shortcircuit your valuation of work (so that you feel the effort you put in on this must have been worth it (and then hopefully associate the worth to the contents))