[threeseed]

The manifesto is hosted on the main a16z website.

So the obvious assumption is that Ben and the other leadership is supportive of it.

[dools]

It's also signed Marc Andreesen:

https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/

Like he's the author of the post, at the top of the page.

[klabb3]

This strengthens my theory that VC vocabulary consists almost exclusively of other people’s hot takes. I know only of two other groups of people who speak primarily in quotes: religious fundamentalists and teenagers during a brief fan-frenzy of some pop culture icon (eg Nirvana).

[laserlight]

Wow. This is so bad that I can't take it seriously.