Marc Andreessen is many things—an inventor, an investor, a billionaire, a mentor, a technology genius. He’s also an expert provocateur and media manipulator. And on that front, the cofounder of the Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm is back in the news with the publication on Monday of something called “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto.”
The Manifesto is less notable for its substance than for its style. Andreessen uncorks a torrent of verbiage that runs over 5,000 words and is vaguely reminiscent of John Milton’s blank verse—if Milton had been brooding with tech bros in a Napa vineyard stoned on acid. It’s hard to fully describe the style of the Manifesto, so here’s a sample:
