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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Post See new posts Conversation Marc Andreessen -- e/acc @pmarca · Oct 16 THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 1 “You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.” — Walker Percy “Our species is 300,000 years old. For the… Show more 462 3,296 9,116 3.9M Marc Andreessen -- e/acc @pmarca · Oct 16 THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 2 Truth Our civilization was built on technology. Our civilization is built on technology. Technology is the glory of human ambition and achievement, the spearhead of progress, and the realization of our potential. For hundreds of years, we… Show more 18 165 1,638 198.9K Marc Andreessen -- e/acc @pmarca THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 3 Technology Techno-Optimists believe that societies, like sharks, grow or die. We believe growth is progress – leadin

THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 3 Technology Techno-Optimists believe that societies, like sharks, grow or die. We believe growth is progress – leading to vitality, expansion of life, increasing knowledge, higher well being. We agree with Paul Collier when he says, “Economic growth is not a cure-all, but lack of growth is a kill-all.” We believe everything good is downstream of growth. We believe not growing is stagnation, which leads to zero-sum thinking, internal fighting, degradation, collapse, and ultimately death. There are only three sources of growth: population growth,…

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