The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz
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We are told that technology is on the brink of ruining everything. But we are being lied to, and the truth is so much better. Marc Andreessen presents his techno-optimist vision for the future.

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

  • Sailor Sega Saturn@awful.systemsEnglish
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    9 months ago

    But why is it always Bayes?

    Like is it just an excuse to turn off critical thinking by pretending everything’s a probability problem with knowable probabilities?

    … sorry for the uncertainty above, that was certainly (heh) very human of me. I just updated my priors beep boop. There is a .86748 probability that this is a significant contributing factor alongside Yud swooning.

    • swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I think you’ve got it right. It’s a convenient tool for rationalising ideas that they don’t want to sound irrational, without having to do the requisite critical thinking.