[ttjjtt]

Because the results of the last few decades of tech optimism have been so utterly dismal? And all the other results of the neo lib deregulation dream which, we’re most of us are either quietly panicked or despondent about.

[cmilton]

>Because the results of the last few decades of tech optimism have been so utterly dismal?

Can you expound upon this a bit? In my view, we have witnessed astonishing progress in tech over the last few decades.

>neo lib deregulation dream

What is your dream?

[ttjjtt]

I meant to specify social results. Innovation is valuable only in so far as it raises the well-being of society as a whole. All the critical measures of this are going in the wrong direction.

Technological advancement might be astonishingly fast but that gives no indication of its value.

10-15 years ago used I knew a good few tech optimists, including myself & would regularly encounter more. Now, I don’t know one, and it’s odd to encounter one. The mood has shifted. VC fuelled platform capitalism has now unfolded.

From earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35901537

Everyone’s deepest dream is an ever kinder society where everyone can thrive. It just gets distorted by short term incentives of power. Hence regulation.