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Andreessen identifies several “patron saints” of his movement, Marinetti among them. He quotes from the *Manifesto of Futurism*, swapping out Marinetti’s “poetry” for “technology”:
> Beauty exists only in struggle. There is no masterpiece that has not an aggressive character. Technology must be a violent assault on the forces of the unknown, to force them to bow before man.
Gift Article: The Rise of Techno-Authoritarianism
Adrienne LaFrance
It’s in that way that New Zealand really is different. Maybe Kiwis don’t fully understand the scale of their success, and their new role as global leaders. Or maybe, having re-elected Ardern, they do. Either way, what they have achieved is genuinely remarkable, not to be understated, in that very Kiwi way. It is a profoundly special and meaningful thing for a nation to prosper by cooperating with a leader who is a young woman and a social democrat in an age of collapse driven by the furious rise of global strongman politics.
The New Leaders of the 21st Century
umair haque
Here, we return to a theme that was only briefly touched on previously—the problem isn’t just that the world has become too grid-like, it is that, “nothing and nowhere escapes the techno-social net which we have cast over the planet. Uncharted territory has become a thing of the past.”
The seriousness of this problem cannot be overstated. Man feeds on *terra incognita*. The wildness of our imagination, the vitality of our spirit, the boldness of our dreams—these can only swell to their greatest extent when we feel as if there are hidden treasures or secrets waiting to be discovered.
Life on the Grid
Roger’s Bacon
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