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Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

Exposing the origins of the improbable – and at times scary – plans of tech billionaires makes Adam Becker's More Everything Forever a disturbing but important book

16 April 2025

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More Everything Forever
Adam Becker (Basic Books On sale 22 April (US); 8 May (UK))

With Elon Musk and his minions stomping through Washington government offices like Godzilla in Tokyo, and other tech multi-billionaires having gained US President Donald Trump’s ear, the super-rich are getting super-scary.

Science writer Adam Becker shares his disconcerting analysis in More Everything Forever: AI overlords, space empires, and Silicon Valley’s crusade to control the fate of humanity. He finds would-be rulers of the universe with egos the size of planets…

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