What can fix the imperfect world that humans—aided and abetted by machines—have made? It's an evergreen question. Faced with a steady stream of innovations that alleviate little and a future that feels algorithmically generated, it's easy to grow cynical. Maybe you're feeling nervous about the havoc our devices will wreak in the years to come. Maybe you're actively longing for a return to an earlier, less glitchy time. Programmer and WIRED columnist Paul Ford has a prompt for you, and anyone else who's feeling disillusioned: What if it's not too late to fall (back) in love with tech?
Ford's 2019 cover story, In Defense of Tech, is an invitation, a call to action, and, above all, a love letter. He isn't ignorant or bullish or so much of a techno-optimist that you wish you could shake him by the shoulders and say, Paul, are you serious?! Instead, he reminds readers gently that there is something miraculous, still, about the world humans and machines have made. "When I was a boy, if you'd come up behind me (in a nonthreatening way) and whispered that I could have a few thousand Cray supercomputers in my pocket, that everyone would have them, that we would carry the sum of human ingenuity next to our skin, jangling in concert with our coins, wallets, and keys," he says. "Well, I would have just burst, burst."
As WIRED prepares to turn 30 later this year, we've been thinking a lot about what it looks like to maintain a sense of optimism about the future in 2023. Our anniversary package, In Defense of the Future, dovetails neatly with Ford's invitation to reharness a sense of wonder about the world and feel invested in doing our part to make it a tiny bit better. Tell me: What makes you feel hopeful these days? What innovations excite or inspire you? Let me know in the comments below Ford's story.
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