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Author of "Enshittification," #CoryDoctorow and #AdamBecker, author of "More Everything Forever," discussed big #tech, artificial intelligence, and their place in today's society.
#cspan #video #transcript #ai
https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/2025-brooklyn-book-festival-big-tech-in-todays-society/668446 -
I just finished reading "More Everything Forever" by Adam Becker.
It explores the delusions of tech CEOs, the philosophers they follow, and the sycophants and zealots who cling uncritically to their every whim.
TL; DR:
- AGI won't happen
- space colonisation won't happen
- billionaires must not existThanks to @briankrebs for the recommendation!
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Harvard Gazette: Know how those tech moguls want us to go to Mars? Ignore them.. “Tech billionaires promoting space exploration and colonization as the solution to humanity’s problems should be ignored, says Adam Becker. These CEOs have little to no expertise in engineering or astrophysics and have little to support their arguments beyond money, according to Becker, an astrophysicist, […]
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This is sobering and illuminating: astrophysicist and author Adam Becker exposes the #flaws and outright #lies in #SiliconValley ideology, including the tech bros' obsessions with #Mars, #AI, and #immortality. 👨🏽💻
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/youre-not-going-to-mars-and-you-wont-live-forever-exploding-silicon-valleys-ideology/
#interviews #ArsTechnica #technology #capitalism #oligarchy #TechOligarchy #AdamBecker #ArsTechnica #singularity #books #RecommendedReading
