Adam Becker is an astrophysicist, scientific philosopher, and the author of More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity.
We spoke for an hour about increasingly grandiose predictions issued by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel and others. From the AI singularity to space-faring empires to human-machine interfacing, tech barons speak of the future with unwavering certainty. These billionaire-soothsayers and their prognostications continue to shape our policies and societal priorities.
Becker smashes Silicon Valley’s myths with hard-edged facts. He explains how the tech bros’ worldview is largely based on an egregious misinterpretation of science fiction literature, tied with convenient business incentives – and how the powerful are not necessarily the messianic geniuses they purport to be.
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