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Amidst the deafening anti-technology rhetoric, Marc Andreessen emerges as a champion for the power and potential of tech with his latest essay: 'The Techno-Optimist Manifesto'., which builds on claims Andreessen made in a June essay titled "Why AI Will Save the World".

"We are being lied to," Andreessen begins…

However, Andreessen argues that these are all lies.

Instead, with technology as humanity's spearhead, the Silicon Valley legend foresees a future driven by growth, invention, and unstoppable progress.

And he calls on people to embrace technology and work together to create a better world.

Markets, fueled by technology, offer a decentralized, complex system that promotes collective achievement and prosperity.

This so-called techno-capital machine, with its unwavering belief in continuous evolution and progress, aligns itself with the power of intelligence and energy.

Most specifically, as technology evolves, Artificial Intelligence stands as the linchpin for a new age, heralding limitless possibilities.

More ominously, Andreessen warns:

Andreessen argues that 'Techno-Optimist' enemies "are not bad people – but rather bad ideas."

But, there is hope:

In conclusion, Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto is a call to action for all those who believe in the power of technology's ability to change the world for the better, and fight the techno-pessimist "enemies".

One thing to bear mind amid all this 'almost utopia' evocation, Andreessen and his partners stand to make cajillions more dollars from any continued growth in AI given their early investments in companies innovating in that area. Talking his book? Of course. But, unarguably, there are some good points.

Read the full 'Manifesto' here…