To understand why Andreessen's "Techno-Optimist" piece is so wretched, go to the "Enemies" list and gape at the things he and his bros want to get rid of.
They include: “Sustainable Development Goals”, “social responsibility”, “trust and safety”, and (among others) “tech ethics”.
@dangillmor It's the most cynical, depressing thing I've seen come out of VC tech for a long time, and there's a very, very high bar for that. It's worse than wretched. He talks about wanting to make supermen and being anti-inclusion. There's a really nasty picture being drawn.
@dangillmor. And/or look at the prominent place of #fascist#Marinetti in the piece. And/or daring to include #CarrieFisher as someone who would give any of these people the time of day. And/or the invocation of #AndyWarhol.
@aiefel@dangillmor Philosophically, this stuff indeed resembles Rand—but I notice that she doesn’t make it onto Andreessen’s reading list. He does quote at length from Thus Spake Zarathustra, though, which seems fitting, seeing as Rand’s work is little but warmed-over Nietzsche (which itself is little but warmed-over Plato).
And the un ironic self heroism is something to behold. If this had been created by a small pod of tweenaged boys, one can almost see the humor in them wearing capes as they play pretend.
But among grown ass adults, it's repulsive. I'm too lazy to go find a clip of Edna from the Incredibles admonishing "No capes!" but it certainly fits.
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