If you’re looking for a smart and punchy companion piece to my new book, The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised, then you are in luck. Look no further than venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s wonderful new mega-essay, “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto.”

If there’s a sentence or even a word in that manifesto that I disagree with, I have yet to find it. That’s why I am so delighted to have Marc Andreessen, a founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz — as well as the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser, and co-founder of Netscape — on this special episode of Faster, Please! — The Podcast. 

In This Episode

* The time for techno-optimism is now (1:19)

* Why has there been a downshift in innovation? (8:56)

* The importance of embracing AI (16:08)

* Slouching towards Utopia: Marc’s response to AI critics (23:27)

* The economics of techno-optimism (36:29)

* The future of domestic technology policy (44:38)

Oh, by the way, the transcript of our conversation will be posted tomorrow, November 9.

Hey, I have a new book out! The Conservative Futurist: How To Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised is currently available pretty much everywhere. I’m very excited about it! Let’s gooooo! 🆙↗⤴📈

* Amazon

* Barnes & Noble

* Books-A-Million

* Target

* Walmart

* Bookshop

From the Introduction of The Conservative Futurist:

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