Andreessen said that, in his view, virtually all new technologies have historically turned out to be net positive, at least from where we sit today.
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'Net positive' for virtually all technologies is a sweeping, undefined evaluative claim.
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Marc Andreessen, “Andreessen said that, in his view, virtually all new technologies have historically turned out to be net positive, at least from where we sit today.” (said 2 September 2023). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_cb5e102e1bac, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cb5e102e1bac
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