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I may be reading the critiques rather than the original "techno-optimist manifest". Either way, I want to avoid the original article for some reason. "Optimist
by balaji1 3y ago
I may be reading the critiques rather than the original "techno-optimist manifest". Either way, I want to avoid the original article for some reason.
"Optimists" may just be inevitable. But we need a few generations of intentional stewards. We need to engineer resilience and sustainability in our systems. Else we would have to rely on "Apollo missions" in the future (government setting the specific moonshot goals and creating highways to achieve those); rather than on "optimists" inside the macroeconomic structures to achieve those.
- kortilla 3y ago>Either way, I want to avoid the original article for some reason. Because you might form your own thoughts and realize all of the people spilling ink over a billionaire’s pro capitalist position are mainly overblown to generate clicks and “contrarian thought lead” from the side lines?
- fch42 3y agoThe hope/belief "stewards" may steer things to where "we" cannot is also a form of optimism. It reminds me strongly of Asimov's "Foundation" novels and their "psychohistory" concept.
- alwaysbeconsing 3y agoTo borrow from Samuel Johnson, it's worth having read, but not worth reading.
- balaji1 3y agoAlso Samuel Johnson "A second marriage is a triumph of hope over experience." totally unrelated but still, heard this recently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯