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Interesting how a person who wrote something as thoughtful as The Techno-Optimist Manifesto could hold views like these at the same time. Whether you agree with
by vovavili 7mo ago
Interesting how a person who wrote something as thoughtful as The Techno-Optimist Manifesto could hold views like these at the same time. Whether you agree with the manifesto or not, Andreessen has achieved a rare level of insight that can only come through serious introspection about society, and then he denies the existence of introspection outright.
I guess the level of open-mindedness needed to become a successful tech entrepreneur also enabled that same cohort to consider extremely counter-intuitive ideas - the ones that would have been immediately dismissed by most.
- golly_ned 7mo agoMuch simpler. Those in power, in every place and in every time, adopt self-serving beliefs that justify their place as the ones in power and flatter themselves. No different in any day or any time. Same quasi-messianic ideals as ever. Their beliefs don’t have to pay rent or correspond with reality.
- bmitc 7mo agoI think taxes is a way to make someone thoughtful and self-introspective.
- tonyedgecombe 7mo agoOr if it gets too out of hand turn to the French for inspiration.
- vovavili 7mo agoThey did make the Founding Fathers think quite a lot about some particular thing.
- munchler 7mo agoThinking about society is not introspection. Introspection is, by definition, only about one’s own thoughts and feelings.
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