Beliefs about technology's future are influential in the tech industry and are promoted by tech billionaires and billionaire-funded subcultures such as rationalism and effective altruism.

“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.”