AI Gods, Space Empires, and the Stories Tech Uses to Justify Power with Adam Becker 8|3
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Hello everyone and welcome to the Radical Canner Podcast. I'm Kim Scott. I'm Amy Sandler. Today we are talking with science journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker. Adam has a PhD in computational cosmology, which if you're like me, you had to look up and
So impressed already. Adam's first book is called What is Real? It was about the unfinished quest for the meaning of quantum physics. And then Adam moved on to an even easier topic for his newest book. And I will quote the subtitle, AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity.
Yes, you are very curious about the book title. It is More Everything Forever. We're going to be talking about this. This new book, More Everything Forever, which you all have got to go check out. It is a deep dive into the stories that Silicon Valley is telling us about the future, why these stories matter for all of us, whether we work in tech or not.
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