Techno-optimist
Notes on techno-optimist manifesto.
TLDR; #
Read Dave Karpf response[1]. It's great. Do it now. Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new? by Dave Karpf
Manifesto #
You can skip reading it. It's long and not that great. If you read the response you will get most of the interesting points in much shorter time.
My take #
Unfortunately the Manifesto isn't that great. Even if we focus only on technology, planes and nuclear power plants are safe thanks to a healthy dose of pessism[2] and thinking about how you can prevent bad things from happening.
The same is true with economy or environment. Technology by itself won't solve things.
I can recomment watching some of Robert Reich[3] videos if you want to learn more.
Still, I don't want to dismiss science, technology or optimism[4], but it has to be more pragmatic than what this manifesto tries to sell.
Summary #
Want to learn more?
Sign up to get a digest of my articles and interesting links via email every month.