Adam Becker argues that influential ideas about technology's future generally lack good evidence and often face substantial counterevidence.

“I realized, wait,”

“these ideas are actually really influential and yet”

“there's no good evidence for them and in most cases a lot of good evidence against them and so the book is my attempt to lay out this set of beliefs that are surprisingly influential within the tech industry and are promoted both by tech billionaires and by subcultures that are funded by tech billionaires like rationalism, effective altruism.”