Carissa Véliz challenges tech doomerism: the future gets produced, not predicted
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-09-16
Scholar Carissa Véliz published a new essay on The Antidote, "The Future Doesn't Get Predicted — It Gets Produced," pushing back against recent scary tech predictions and arguing that tech doomerism can be challenged: the future is shaped by choices and actions, not fate.
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