The most important technologies that no one is working on are optimism and beautiful visions of the future. A belief in technological progress must include giving people places and futures worth believing in. It doesn't come for free.
Which of these has more joyful people? Which has more dancing and singing? 
If you want belief in progress, the folk future is what you must show, not the cyber highway or the economic version of vital statistics. If the future is to be conceived, I hope it is one that is far happier, messier, and greener than the futures we enjoy depicting.
Some worlds cannot be built expecting solely economic returns, they must also be an artistic endeavor. This is something we understood in the renaissance, and perhaps we have forgotten.
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