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Science vs. Silicon Valley with Adam Becker

Science vs. Silicon Valley with Adam Becker

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How skeptical should we be about the bill of goods (often marketed
as needs) sold to us by Silicon Valley? Very, says Adam Becker, an
astrophysicist and author of the new book, More Everything Forever:
AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to
Control the Fate of Humanity. From colonizing Mars to building
god-like AIs, Becker argues that the fantasies propagated by tech
billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos
and Marc Andreessen aren’t just far-fetched – they’re a convenient
cover for a racist, authoritarian power grab. In this conversation,
Kara sits down with her “soulmate” to dissect and debunk the
narratives that undergird the less-than-benevolent Big Tech agenda
and uphold the status quo. They also discuss why some ideas, like
Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars, are scientifically impossible; the
fallacy of effective altruism; the probability of existential
threats against humanity; and how all of these factors add up to
more power and more control for the techno-oligarchy. Questions?
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