I find it quite alienating to that you seem to be conflating “techno-optimism” with “technological progress”.
Particularly, I think “techno-optimism” beyond “recognizing that technological progress is often good (and maybe to a larger extend than is often recognized)” easily rises to the level of an ideology in that it diverts from truth-seeking (exemplified by Andreessen).
Basically, I agree on most of the object-level points you make but, in my intuition, having an additional emotional layer of attachment to so-and-so belief is not a thing we want in and of itself.
I find it quite alienating to that you seem to be conflating “techno-optimism” with “technological progress”.
Particularly, I think “techno-optimism” beyond “recognizing that technological progress is often good (and maybe to a larger extend than is often recognized)” easily rises to the level of an ideology in that it diverts from truth-seeking (exemplified by Andreessen).
Basically, I agree on most of the object-level points you make but, in my intuition, having an additional emotional layer of attachment to so-and-so belief is not a thing we want in and of itself.