Capitalists are desperate to look beyond the impending disintegration of humanity’s ecological niche and the unraveling of already threadbare social programs to imagine something more hopeful (and profitable). For those eager to usher in a better future, the private financing of technological innovation has long been a source of optimism. After all, it created Apple, Google, Facebook, and most of the rest of the American tech companies that have swept the world. But if you inspect it at all, the sheen rubs right off. READ MORE