Tech / AI Optimist / abundance
Why we read Noahpinion as Tech / AI
Noah Smith writes from the optimist, abundance end of the technology debate: build more, grow faster, treat technology and energy as the route to a richer society. We place him in Tech and AI on the pro-growth axis, the counterweight to the critics in the same lens.
Updated June 2026
What to expect from Noahpinion
Pro-build, pro-growth arguments, abundance framing, and impatience with degrowth and doom.
How the Tech / AI lens reads the news
The technology debate the left-right dial can’t see. Read the full explainer on Tech / AI →
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