Alt title: Why can’t I stop making jokes?

Each day, I speak with founders building the world of tomorrow. The one trait they all seem to share is relentless optimism.

While I see the enormous positive possibilities of tech and our future, I also see the opposite.

In fact, I see both the incredible and the dystopian together, at the same time.

On platforms like LinkedIn, this makes me weird. Intouchable.

Why can’t I just be a builder? Why can’t I just cheer people on and show them how to use the tech I use every day? Why can’t I claim to be an optimist and nothing else?

When I point out the absurd, some say this is “doom and gloom”. But I don’t see it that way.

Humor is how I process the craziness of the world, and that will never change. And I tend to gravitate towards the cracks, the inconsistencies, and the logic that points somewhere potentially undesirable.

And then I go and am blown away by the magic of what technology can do for me, daily.

It’s not either / or. It’s both + and.

But don’t worry! If you want nothing but sugar-coated optimism, the entry below this will probably be about AI saving unicorn kittens and how everything’s fine, so you’re covered either way.