techno-utopian
Digital future believer
A techno-utopian believes that technology, especially digital and computing advances, will solve humanity's major problems and lead to an ideal society.
The term can be a noun describing such a person or an adjective characterizing their optimistic worldview: His techno-utopian vision imagines AI eliminating poverty and disease.
The label often carries a hint of skepticism from those who find such optimism naive or who worry about technology's darker consequences.
Point where values explode
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
Self-directed biological enhancement
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- innovationCreating something original
- connectivityState of being linked
- cybercultureSociety shaped by connectivity
Atomic-scale manipulation science
- biotechnologyEngineering using living systems
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery
Governance by technical experts
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- objectivismBelief in external truths
Eco-optimist speculative genre
- desalinationExtracting salt from seawater
- geoengineeringIntentional large-scale environmental modification
- rewildingRestoring natural ecosystems
singularity
Point where values explode
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
abundance · accelerationism · immortality · cornucopia · solarpunk
biohacking
Self-directed biological enhancement
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- innovationCreating something original
- connectivityState of being linked
nanotechnology
Atomic-scale manipulation science
- biotechnologyEngineering using living systems
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
technocracy
Governance by technical experts
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
objectivism · neoliberalism · meritocracy · technophilia · scientism
solarpunk
Eco-optimist speculative genre
- desalinationExtracting salt from seawater
- geoengineeringIntentional large-scale environmental modification
- rewildingRestoring natural ecosystems
techno-utopiantechnophobe
One fearing modern devices
Luddite · technophobic · neo-Luddite · anti-technology · primitivist
techno-utopianLuddite
One opposing technological progress
traditionalist · technophobe · back-to-the-land · agrarian · pastoralist
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