Adam Becker
@adambecker.bsky.social
Journalist & astrophysicist. New book out now: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about horrifying & flawed futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Quanta, Fortune, &c. He/him. Signal: adambecker.84
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Adam Becker
@adambecker.bsky.social
· Apr 23
More Everything Forever
This "wild and utterly engaging narrative" (Melanie Mitchell) shows why Silicon Valley’s heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions—with escaping death,...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
Today's the day! My new book MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER is finally out! If you want to understand why tech billionaires are so obsessed with impossible ideas about space and AI — and why that's dangerous — this book is for you. #MoreEverythingForever www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-...
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Just heard Daniel Roher, director of this new documentary about AI, speak on a panel.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
Focus Features Announces The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist Arriving in Theaters March 27, 2026
Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny produce
www.focusfeatures.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Just heard Daniel Roher, director of this new documentary about AI, speak on a panel.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
Just heard Daniel Roher, director of this new documentary about AI, speak on a panel.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
Focus Features Announces The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist Arriving in Theaters March 27, 2026
Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny produce
www.focusfeatures.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Just heard Daniel Roher, director of this new documentary about AI, speak on a panel.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
He said "Jazz is to the Black experience as Aspergers is to AI."
(In context, he meant "people who work on AI," but that doesn't make it much better.)
I don't think this is going to be a good movie.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Join this author talk with Adam Becker, an astrophysicist and author of More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity.
Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/3L0FmR6
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This Wednesday at 12pm PT! Come to the book talk I'm hosting with @adambecker.bsky.social & @rezendi.com at @stanfordhai.bsky.social - in-person and Zoom options available! hai.stanford.edu/events/adam-...
Adam Becker & Jon Evans | Book Talk: “More Everything Forever” and “Exadelic” | Stanford HAI
Join HAI Policy Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn for a conversation about the potential future(s) of AI and humanity with Adam Becker, author of More Everything Forever, and Jon Evans, author of Exadelic and ...
hai.stanford.edu
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This Wednesday at 12pm PT! Come to the book talk I'm hosting with @adambecker.bsky.social & @rezendi.com at @stanfordhai.bsky.social - in-person and Zoom options available! hai.stanford.edu/events/adam-...
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H/t to @adambecker.bsky.social and his “More Everything Forever” - which I highly recommend.
LLMs are literally hallucination machines.
It’s what they are built to do.
Using them for anything other than throwing random words together is useless.
It’s what they are built to do.
Using them for anything other than throwing random words together is useless.
January 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
H/t to @adambecker.bsky.social and his “More Everything Forever” - which I highly recommend.
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when am i going to learn not to throw out my old signs
January 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
when am i going to learn not to throw out my old signs
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sam altman only has three looks: i see a ghost, processing bad news, and jackass
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
sam altman only has three looks: i see a ghost, processing bad news, and jackass
It's true, @davekarpf.bsky.social wrote a lovely review of my new book earlier this year. Thank you again for that, Dave!
So one of the best tech-related books of the year was "More Everything Forever" by @adambecker.bsky.social a great read on the ideologies of the Silicon Valley, @davekarpf.bsky.social wrote the best review of it davekarpf.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book Review: "More Everything Forever"
A book that takes Silicon Valley's unserious ideas seriously, and then delightfully tears them apart.
davekarpf.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's true, @davekarpf.bsky.social wrote a lovely review of my new book earlier this year. Thank you again for that, Dave!
Also, Sauron's "security" famously failed! He let two hobbits (three if you count Gollum) sneak INTO HIS HOME to destroy his most valuable possession! This is just so phenomenally stupid and awful and cringe
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Also, Sauron's "security" famously failed! He let two hobbits (three if you count Gollum) sneak INTO HIS HOME to destroy his most valuable possession! This is just so phenomenally stupid and awful and cringe
ok but is it compatible with Ring doorbells
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
ok but is it compatible with Ring doorbells
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Why do none of these fuckers call their companies Gandalf or Samwise
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why do none of these fuckers call their companies Gandalf or Samwise
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Someone remake “It’s a Wonderful Life” but Mr. Potter believes that hoarding is morally required so he can devote resources to delivering a far future with trillions of humans while George Bailey is like, “Gosh Darnit! What if taking care of people today is what takes care of people in the future?!”
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Someone remake “It’s a Wonderful Life” but Mr. Potter believes that hoarding is morally required so he can devote resources to delivering a far future with trillions of humans while George Bailey is like, “Gosh Darnit! What if taking care of people today is what takes care of people in the future?!”
I agree, but I suppose I'm biased. 😁
Just finished reading More Everything Forever by @adambecker.bsky.social. Probably one of the best books about the tech industry, its prominent figures, their ideologies, and motivations. I think everyone in the tech industry should read this book.
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I agree, but I suppose I'm biased. 😁
I have so many questions here and I fear the answers.
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have so many questions here and I fear the answers.
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If I decided it was too much bother to clean my house so I moved into an igloo in Antarctica for the rest of my life, you'd think I was awful stupid.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
December 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If I decided it was too much bother to clean my house so I moved into an igloo in Antarctica for the rest of my life, you'd think I was awful stupid.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
"hey, let's scam an author, a kind of person that famously always has bad reading comprehension and lots of money."
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"hey, let's scam an author, a kind of person that famously always has bad reading comprehension and lots of money."
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I haven't done a final count yet, but I think I've read about 80 books this year and I got to go back and triple check which ones I enjoyed the most etc, but I could go ahead on the record and say this is the one that has stuck with me the most and is the most urgent
Also, it's really well written
Also, it's really well written
12. @adambecker.bsky.social is a science journalist and author of MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, a book that chronicles the stew of nonsense that informs and motivates many of tech’s leaders.
Adam Becker Takes Aim at Silicon Valley Nonsense | TechPolicy.Press
In a new book, the science journalist Adam Becker skewers the more outlandish ideas and motivations in the tech industry.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I haven't done a final count yet, but I think I've read about 80 books this year and I got to go back and triple check which ones I enjoyed the most etc, but I could go ahead on the record and say this is the one that has stuck with me the most and is the most urgent
Also, it's really well written
Also, it's really well written
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One of the most important books I've read this year, from
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
12. @adambecker.bsky.social is a science journalist and author of MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, a book that chronicles the stew of nonsense that informs and motivates many of tech’s leaders.
Adam Becker Takes Aim at Silicon Valley Nonsense | TechPolicy.Press
In a new book, the science journalist Adam Becker skewers the more outlandish ideas and motivations in the tech industry.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One of the most important books I've read this year, from
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
A really lovely list here from @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social, and I'm not just saying that because my new book is on it. Read these books!
For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A really lovely list here from @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social, and I'm not just saying that because my new book is on it. Read these books!
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Any article observing that the AI bubble is about to burst *but then suggesting AI is too important to our financial systems to be allowed to fail* is missing the point. Generative AI is a massive fraud and a brain drain on humanity, even leaving theft and resource issues aside.
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Any article observing that the AI bubble is about to burst *but then suggesting AI is too important to our financial systems to be allowed to fail* is missing the point. Generative AI is a massive fraud and a brain drain on humanity, even leaving theft and resource issues aside.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Take a break from the horrors of the news and learn about the weirdest physics there is—entanglement! The team at @veritasium.bsky.social interviewed me for this video & I'm thrilled to see it up. They give a hearty endorsement to my first book, WHAT IS REAL?, which is just lovely. #quantum #physics
There Is Something Faster Than Light
YouTube video by Veritasium
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Take a break from the horrors of the news and learn about the weirdest physics there is—entanglement! The team at @veritasium.bsky.social interviewed me for this video & I'm thrilled to see it up. They give a hearty endorsement to my first book, WHAT IS REAL?, which is just lovely. #quantum #physics
Take a break from the horrors of the news and learn about the weirdest physics there is—entanglement! The team at @veritasium.bsky.social interviewed me for this video & I'm thrilled to see it up. They give a hearty endorsement to my first book, WHAT IS REAL?, which is just lovely. #quantum #physics
There Is Something Faster Than Light
YouTube video by Veritasium
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Take a break from the horrors of the news and learn about the weirdest physics there is—entanglement! The team at @veritasium.bsky.social interviewed me for this video & I'm thrilled to see it up. They give a hearty endorsement to my first book, WHAT IS REAL?, which is just lovely. #quantum #physics