One of the hallmarks of Silicon Valley is its commitment to philosophy. Beyond sales measured in clicks, its figureheads have always had lofty ambitions: to change life (Steve Jobs), the world (Mark Zuckerberg) and even death (transhumanists).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trend of the moment is techno-optimism. After bowing under the weight of revelations about their commercialism and the misinformation circulating on platforms, the \u201ckings\u201d of tech are striking back, happy to be riding the wave of artificial intelligence. \u201cIt is time, once again, to raise the technology flag,\u201d proclaimed investor Marc Andreessen. \u201cIt is time to be Techno-Optimists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andreessen, 52, co-founded Netscape, the forerunner of internet browsers, in 1994, before selling it to AOL in 2003. His investments, always competitive (Facebook, Airbnb, etc.), have made him a prominent billionaire. His libertarian stances have earned him the label of \u201cchief ideologist of the Silicon Valley elite,\u201d according to the New York Times<\/em>. For him \u2013 as for his portfolio, estimated at $1.8 billion \u2013 technology is \u201cthe only source of perpetual growth.\u201d Thanks to machines, \u201cour descendants will live in the stars,\u201d he promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andreessen criticized those spreading doom and resentment in the era of AI. \u201cWe are told that technology takes our jobs, reduces our wages, increases inequality, threatens our health, ruins the environment, degrades our society, corrupts our children, impairs our humanity, threatens our future, and is ever on the verge of ruining everything,\u201d he stated in a manifesto (\u201cThe Techno-Optimist Manifesto\u201d), published on October 16, 2023. According to him, this \u201cmass demoralization campaign\u201d goes by various names: \u201csustainability,\u201d \u201csustainable development goals,\u201d \u201cprecautionary principle\u201d and \u201cdegrowth.\u201d In contrast, the investor praises the supermen of technology. Thanks to them, man is \u201cnot still living in mud huts,\u201d waiting every day \u201cfor nature to kill us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the hallmarks of Silicon Valley is its commitment to philosophy. Beyond sales measured in clicks, its figureheads have always had lofty ambitions: to change life (Steve Jobs), the world (Mark Zuckerberg) and even death (transhumanists). The trend of the moment is techno-optimism. 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