techno-utopianism

plural techno-utopianisms · alternative techno utopianism · alternative technoutopianism

1. uncountableusuallyThe belief that a utopia can be achieved with technology.

   Near-synonym: cyberutopianism

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   One interesting aspect of this process of technological fetishism is represented by the fact that it cannot be fully understood without looking at the peculiarly Western attitude towards techno-utopianism or, in other words, the belief that technologies can become important tools of social and political liberation.

   2015, Veronica Barassi, Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles against Digital Capitalism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 52

   Synonyms: cyberutopianism