Marc Andreessen has thoughts again. Following his June screed about “Why AI Will Save the World,” the a16z cofounder has now produced a 5,000-word “Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” which—as sequels tend to do—provides callbacks to the original while taking its themes to new extremes.
The titles of these essays may suggest positivity, but both are largely concerned with bashing Andreessen’s ideological opponents. More than anything else, his new manifesto is a political-economic tract—a defense of infinite growth and libertarian capitalism, and a tirade against collectivism, institutions, and risk management. It begins with the ur-populist words, “We are being lied to,” and concludes with a list of enemies.
