All else equal, I'd say that I am a "techno-optimist". That is, I am optimistic about humanity continuing to invent new technologies, and optimistic that over long time horizons, those technologies will be highly net positive. And I'm excited about continuing to find ways to be involved in some of the technologies that get invented and scaled up during the remainder of my life.
But if Andreessen's manifesto is now what the term "techno-optimist" means, then you definitely have to count me out of that. I guess I'm happy to just say "I'm optimistic about technology", without needing new jargon defining it as an identity.
All else equal, I'd say that I am a "techno-optimist". That is, I am optimistic about humanity continuing to invent new technologies, and optimistic that over long time horizons, those technologies will be highly net positive. And I'm excited about continuing to find ways to be involved in some of the technologies that get invented and scaled up during the remainder of my life.
But if Andreessen's manifesto is now what the term "techno-optimist" means, then you definitely have to count me out of that. I guess I'm happy to just say "I'm optimistic about technology", without needing new jargon defining it as an identity.