Beyond Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto, We Should Consider The Real Grounds For Technological Optimism. : “We are being lied to,” writes venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen ““We are told that technology takes our jobs, reduces our wages, increases inequality, threatens our health, ruins the environment, degrades our society, corrupts our children, impairs our humanity, threatens our future, and is ever on the verge of ruining everything. We are told to be angry, bitter, and resentful about technology. We are told to be pessimistic.” Not true, according to Andreessen’s just-published 15-page Techno-Optioomist Manifesto: “Our civilization was built on technology.