How A Techno-Optimist Became A Grave Skeptic

Jan 9th 2026 11:00pm EST

How A Techno-Optimist Became A Grave Skeptic Authored by Roger Bate via the Brownstone Institute, Before Covid, I would have described myself as a technological optimist. New technologies almost always arrive amid exaggerated fears. Railways were supposed to cause mental breakdowns, bicycles were thought to make women infertile or insane, and early electricity was blamed […]

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