---
title: "Americans Tend to Be Optimists When it Comes to New Technology"
description: "59% of Americans think scientific and technological innovations over the next half-century will, overall, improve people’s lives."
date: "2015-01-31"
modified: "2015-01-31"
authors:
  - name: "Matthew Lincoln"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/justmatt"
url: "https://futurism.com/americans-tend-to-be-optimists-when-it-comes-to-new-technology"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
---

# Americans Tend to Be Optimists When it Comes to New Technology

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- Question: Scientists will have developed a way to teleport objects — i.e., move them from one location to another without traversing the physical space in between. Poll Result: 7% definitely, 32% probably
- Question: Humans will build colonies on another planet that can be lived in for long periods. Poll Result: 5% definitely, 28% probably
- Question: Humans will be able to control the weather. Poll Result: 6% definitely, 13% probably