My Techno-Optimism by Vitalik Buterin

A response to modernity’s most rancorous cynics and its most reckless tehno-fetishists. To navigate humanity’s pivotal century, Buterin proposes d/acc, a nuanced approach to technological acceleration that prioritizes human agency, democratic innovations, and decentralization. [publishers’ note]

“May my optimism be neither the beginning nor the end.”
—Vitalin Buterin

An essay with illustrations, completed by links to the d/acc directory, a collection of ideas, techniques and protocols that make up d/acc.