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Definition: techno-utopian


A total believer in technology. Also called a "techno-optimist," techno-utopians think that technology will continue to make life better and ultimately solve all the problems in the world. Contrast with "techno-dystopian," who is someone with a totally negative outlook on the technological future.

The bottom line: technology giveth and taketh. It delivers amazing capabilities but can also deliver exact opposite results. Social media brings us everybody's opinions, yet we cannot be sure what is true or false all the time. See Systemantics, technojunkie and technodeterminism.