# Technology Optimist

By [Continuations](https://continuations.com) · 2008-03-02

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That’s how I think of myself.  I am excited to be living in a time when we are making tremendous progress on [understanding aging](http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/features/telomeres/), [fighting cancer](http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/67040.php), [developing clean technologies](http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-05-10-honda-fuel-cell_N.htm), and so much more.  This is not to say that I automatically assume that technology by itself will solve all our problems (I guess that would be a “technology pollyanna”).  Instead I believe that – over time – we as a society figure out how to use technology to actually improve our standard of living. I for one am sure glad I am not living in the Middle Ages.  (This post was brought on by a bathtub reading of the current issue of [Technology Review](http://www.technologyreview.com/))

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*Originally published on [Continuations](https://continuations.com/technology-optimist)*