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What is ‘techno-optimism’? 2 technology scholars explain the ideology that says technology is the answer to every problem

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par Seyram Avle, Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, UMass Amherst
Jean Hardy, Assistant Professor of Media & Information, Michigan State University

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen penned a 5,000-word manifesto in 2023 that gave a full-throated call for unrestricted technological progress to boost markets, broaden energy production, improve education and strengthen liberal democracy.

The billionaire, who made his fortune by co-founding Netscape – a 1990s-era company that made a pioneering web browser – espouses a concept known as “techno-optimism.”…

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