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Marc Andreesen’s techno-optimist manifesto… (web.archive.org)
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I don’t really have much to say… it kind of speaks for itself. I do appreciate the table of contents so you don’t get lost in the short paragraphs though

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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

yep, it's in there

To paraphrase a manifesto of a different time and place: “Beauty exists only in struggle. There is no masterpiece that has not an aggressive character. Technology must be a violent assault on the forces of the unknown, to force them to bow before man.”

[–] maol@awful.systems 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's quoting the futurists? Didn't half of them go fascist?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago

just making sure everyone knows who he looks up to, telling everyone who it is that inspires him! you know how people gush about their role models