* https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/thoughts-on-techno-optimism
They are in a 2x2 matrix per him:
* active-positive: There are plenty of technologies left to discover, if we adopt the right policies.
* active-normative: Technology will improve the world, if we adopt the right policies.
* passive-positive: Technological innovation is just going to keep happening no matter what we do.
* passive-normative: New technology will improve the world no matter what policies we enact.
He generally leans towards:
> Personally, I subscribe to both positive and normative techno-optimism, but with reservations in both cases. I think there are plenty of new important discoveries out there to be made, but I do think it’s likely that they’ve become more expensive to find. I also think technology usually ends up making life better for most people, but that this isn’t always the case.
> In both cases, though, I’m more of an active than a passive optimist. Whether it comes to sustaining the rate of innovation or making sure that innovations benefit humankind, I think that choosing the right policies is very important.
He thinks government is an important part of the equation in technological progress, but that bureaucracy can be a hindrance at times, as well as monopolies.