{"id":11991,"date":"2023-10-26T23:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/26\/hey-tech-billionaires-if-you-want-to-talk-about-radical-change-lets-abolish-venture-capitalism-samantha-floreani\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T23:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:38:27","slug":"hey-tech-billionaires-if-you-want-to-talk-about-radical-change-lets-abolish-venture-capitalism-samantha-floreani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/26\/hey-tech-billionaires-if-you-want-to-talk-about-radical-change-lets-abolish-venture-capitalism-samantha-floreani\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey tech billionaires, if you want to talk about radical change, let\u2019s abolish venture capitalism| Samantha Floreani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The future that technology elites like to imagine looks remarkably similar to the one we\u2019re in<\/p>\n<p>Do you support sustainability, social responsibility, tech ethics, or trust and safety? Congratulations, you\u2019re an enemy of progress. That\u2019s according to the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.<\/p>\n<p>In his new self-published <a href=\"https:\/\/a16z.com\/the-techno-optimist-manifesto\/\">Techno-Optimist Manifesto<\/a>, Andreessen presents his case for the advancement of technology under capitalism as \u201cvirtuous\u201d and capable of creating \u201cabundance that lifts all humans\u201d. Along the way he champions trickle-down economics (famously effective at increasing inequality), claims technology can solve <em>any<\/em> problem and suggests that slowing AI development is akin to murder.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/oct\/27\/hey-tech-billionaires-if-you-want-to-talk-about-radical-change-lets-abolish-venture-capitalism\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1c067dd7df7866c5204c3b1d92d299c604e07ab9\/0_137_8904_5342\/master\/8904.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=59298f1b2c726d0b0784343e39f42927\" title=\"Hey tech billionaires, if you want to talk about radical change, let\u2019s abolish venture capitalism| Samantha Floreani\" \/>The future that technology elites like to imagine looks remarkably similar to the one we\u2019re in<br \/>\nDo you support sustainability, social responsibility, tech ethics, or trust and safety? Congratulations, you\u2019re an enemy of progress. That\u2019s according to the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.<br \/>\nIn his new self-published Techno-Optimist Manifesto, Andreessen presents his case for the advancement of technology under capitalism as \u201cvirtuous\u201d and capable of creating \u201cabundance that lifts all humans\u201d. Along the way he champions trickle-down economics (famously effective at increasing inequality), claims technology can solve any problem and suggests that slowing AI development is akin to murder. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future that technology elites like to imagine looks remarkably similar to the one we\u2019re in Do you support sustainability, social responsibility, tech ethics, or trust and safety? Congratulations, you\u2019re an enemy of progress. That\u2019s according to the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. In his new self-published Techno-Optimist Manifesto, Andreessen presents his case for the advancement &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/26\/hey-tech-billionaires-if-you-want-to-talk-about-radical-change-lets-abolish-venture-capitalism-samantha-floreani\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hey tech billionaires, if you want to talk about radical change, let\u2019s abolish venture capitalism| Samantha Floreani<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}