More Everything Forever
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Cal Newport recommends Adam Becker's More Everything Forever in response to a listener asking for reading on the ideological roots of AI company culture. Newport describes it as a history of rationalism and effective altruism: Becker spent years researching it, interviewed key figures including Elias Yukowski, and traces the origins and beliefs of those movements and their intersection with existing AI companies. Newport also recommends a joint conversation he and Becker recorded for Ed Zitron's podcast.
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Cal Newport calls it 'fantastic' and describes it as a 2025 book about the influence of weird futurist philosophies on Silicon Valley and AI figures including Elon Musk. He says an article he is writing draws heavily from it, intending to alert a broader audience to the cult-like thinking prevalent among AI leaders.
July 2026
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