The Techno-Optimist Manifesto Marc Andreessen

Posted October 16, 2023

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Truth

Technology is the glory

be Techno-Optimists. Technology grow or die. growth is progress but lack of growth is a kill-all.”

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everything good is downstream of growth.
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not growing is stagnation,

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growth: growth,

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growth is technology. growth, growth, growth more growth : more growth, growth, growth, more growth more technology.

Markets

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market more millions or billions

advantage

advantage, advantage advantage market

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infinite.

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infinite,

growth can continue forever.

We believe markets are

exploitative;

markets infinite Markets are the ultimate infinite game.

The Techno-Capital Machine

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markets
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spirals continuously upward.
endless,
unlimited numbers
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expansion

growth with no upper bound.

Energy

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upward spiral.
more more
increase 1,000x,
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more and more

massive expansion in

more more more and more more a lot more more

We believe our planet is dramatically underpopulated,

50 billion

more,

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Not Utopia, But Close Enough

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Becoming Technological Supermen

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Technology must be a

violent assault

we are conquerors .

We are the apex predator;

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Technological Values

We believe in

aggression,

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We believe in individualism.

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We believe in competition,

We believe rich

We believe extrinsic motivations – wealth, fame, revenge – are fine

more and more

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We believe in the Silicon Valley code of grow.

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We believe technology

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The Meaning of Life

We are materially focused, more markets We believe technology We believe technology The Enemy We have enemies. Our enemies are

risk’, “sustainability”,i “social responsibility”,

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Our enemy is deceleration, de-growth, depopulationay

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Patron Saints of Techno-Optimism

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Marc Andreessen is a Cofounder and General Partner at ha the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. []

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