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Geoffrey Rockwell
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Philosophy and Digital Humanities at the U of Alberta
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Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto include academics as the enemy, but the description of our sins could just as well fit venture capital.
Our enemy is the ivory tower, the know-it-all credentialed expert worldview, indulging in abstract theories, luxury beliefs, social engineering, disconnected from the real world, delusional, unelected, and unaccountable – playing God with everyone else’s lives, with total insulation from the consequences.
October 17, 2023 at 5:43 PM