BookLab 039: More Everything Forever, by Adam Becker

About this episode

Adam Becker challenges the ideas of tech billionaires regarding space colonization and the eradication of aging in his new book.

Tech billionaires talk about colonizing Mars, building grand space stations far from Earth, lengthening life spans, and maybe even eradicating aging and death, or uploading our minds into computers. Well, not so fast, says Adam Becker in this provocative new book.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Falk, Amanda Gefter

Guest: Adam Becker

Topics covered

• colonization of Mars
• space exploration
• longevity
• aging
• technology
• philosophy

Keywords

• Mars
• space stations
• life span
• aging
• uploading minds

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