In a cross-post on Substack, I shared a submit written by Marc Andreessen, a software program engineer and cofounder of VC agency Andreessen and Horowitz.
Under, I’ve linked a considerate response to Marc Andreessen’s manifesto by Jason Kuznicki, editor in chief of TechFreedom. Manifestos are an inherently unintellectual style—extra vigorous than rigorous. Like glamour, they encourage partly by leaving out particulars and difficulties. After I re-posted the unique manifesto, I thought-about taking problem with Andreessen’s inclusion of Marinetti on the checklist of influences. The Futurists had been higher artists than they had been thinkers. Marinetti’s manifesto, with its name for battle for its personal sake and the destruction of the museums housing the issues I really like finest on the planet, is an excessive instance of the modernist rage for destroying, relatively than constructing, on what has gone earlier than.
These two supply distinct visions of the longer term. Which one resonates with you?
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by Marc Andreessen
The Future’s Going to Break Your Coronary heart (and why that’s a very good factor) by Jason Kuznicki
Virginia Postrel is a author with a selected curiosity within the intersection of commerce, tradition, and know-how. Writer of “The Future and Its Enemies,” “The Substance of Type,” “The Energy of Glamour,” and, most lately, “The Material of Civilization.” This essay was initially printed on Virginia’s publication on Substack.
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