[toolcombinator]

Imagine sitting and complaining about “techno optimism”, when the very thing you write your screed on, is a product of it.

Instant access to a world wide fountain of knowledge, a super computer in your pocket, never having seen hunger and the ability to travel anywhere around the world cheaply and quickly.

No, we don’t have flying cars or bases on Mars, but if you look at the techno optimism of the 1960’ies and where we are today, we’ve done a pretty good job at turning it into a reality.

Kirk’s communicator or his tablet thingie? Those are actually a real and tangible reality today.