Yes, I agree, a techno-optimist viewpoint in the climate change case could be existentially damaging. I'm not extrapolating that far. I'm just observing a pattern of change through the years and hoping for something better than what we have now in line with that pattern.

Ooh, look @timbl.bsky.social is on here! I should go look for interviews, as I often wonder if he's a bit horrified at all the disinformation and negative impact on media the web has enabled. Who'd have imagined *this* is how self-publishing ability and free-flow of information would turn out 😆