Techno-Optimists believe that societies, like sharks, grow or die.
We believe growth is progress – leading to vitality, expansion of life, increasing knowledge, higher well being.
We agree with Paul Collier when he says, “Economic growth is not a cure-all, but lack of growth is a kill-all.”
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Our enemy is corruption, regulatory capture, monopolies, cartels.
https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/It's all in for unlimited growth, unlimited consumption, unlimited population, zero regulation, magic free market will fix things.
You can argue for or against that vision, but you can't claim that the above is not his manifesto.
You may benefit from reading about what straw man arguments are before commenting further.
You also might benefit from further education.
I'd strongly suggest you start with reading the full manifesto and not rely on technical point scoring on the basis of short quotes.
Hint: All I have to do to prove the rebuttal relies on a straw man is to show that it mischaracterized or meaningfully distorts the ideas in the manifesto. I have done that.
That's definitely the model we should be aiming for.