
More, Everything, Forever With Adam Becker
From Better Offline by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
April 15, 2026 · 48 min
About this episode
Ed Zitron interviews journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker about venture capital, LLMs, and envisioning a better future.
In this week’s Better Offline, Ed Zitron is joined by journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker to talk about introspection-free venture capital, the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse effect of LLMs, and trying to find a better future to focus on. https://bsky.app/profile/adambecker.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@DreamingAgainstTheMachine https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-becker/more-everything-forever/9781541619593/ Save $10 off a year of my premium newsletter: https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/gzqwkv54e1 - I’d be so grateful! YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. Buy our new “FUCK DATA CENTERS” shirts today! --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/ Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com https://www.threads.net/@edzitron Email Me…
People in this episode
Host: Ed Zitron
Guest: Adam Becker
Topics covered
- venture capital
- artificial intelligence
- future technology
- astrophysics
- introspection
- LLMs
Keywords
- venture capital
- astrophysics
- LLMs
- future
- technology
- introspection
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Organizations: Cool Zone Media, iHeartPodcasts, Hachette Book Group, Dreaming Against The Machine, Better Offline
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