{"id":3499297,"date":"2023-12-13T11:23:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/?p=3499297"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:23:48","slug":"crazy-town-bonus-techno-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-12-13\/crazy-town-bonus-techno-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Town Bonus Riff: Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech Delusions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><div id=\"buzzsprout-player-14130826\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/244372\/14130826-bonus-vanilla-andreessen-pygmy-marmosets-and-hi-tech-delusions.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-14130826&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><div class=\"gb-button-wrapper gb-button-wrapper-af35d9a5\">\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-736fa41c gb-button-text btn res-btn-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/crazytownWB\">Listen on your favorite app<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-f8db5292 gb-button-text res-btn-yellow\" href=\"\/crazy-town-podcast\/episodes\">See all episodes<\/a>\n<\/div><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b18365bc\">\n<p><strong>Show Description\/Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the &#8220;Techno-Optimist Manifesto,&#8221; written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Join Jason, Rob, and Asher if you feel like sharing in some outrage and learning about a WAY better manifesto that just so happens to focus on the world&#8217;s smallest monkeys.<br><br>Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.<br><br>References:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Marc Andreessen&#8217;s horrifying &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/a16z.com\/the-techno-optimist-manifesto\/\">Techno-Optimist Manifesto<\/a>&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Peer-reviewed paper featuring Jason&#8217;s far superior &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/RSIC-Journal-Dec2023\">Dehumanist Manifesto<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n<li>Description of the <a href=\"https:\/\/animals.sandiegozoo.org\/animals\/pygmy-marmoset\">pygmy marmoset<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>The idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/the_magic_of_multisolving\">Beth Sawin&#8217;s Multisolving Institute<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplypsychology.org\/dark-triad-personality.html\">dark triad<\/a> &#8212; narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy<\/li>\n\n<li>The original paper on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Species-level-Taxonomic-Treatment-of-the-Phalse-Prophets-with-Hypotheses-on-their-Origin-and-Evolution.pdf\">taxonomy of Phalse Prophets<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-11-17\/can-we-save-the-world-without-free-will\/\">Article by Richard Heinberg<\/a> about free will.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the &#8220;Techno-Optimist Manifesto,&#8221; written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. 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