In this 15 July 2026 published video, host Taylor Lorenz talks with physicist and science journalist Adam Becker, author of More Everything Forever, a fantastic book, to break down the biggest myths about Mars colonization, SpaceX, AI, and Silicon Valley’s vision of the future.
We are never going to Mars. And the billionaires selling you the dream are lying to your face.
The idea of living on Mars has become one of Silicon Valley’s biggest promises. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other tech billionaires claim humanity’s future depends on becoming a multi-planetary species. But what if nearly everything you’ve been told about colonizing Mars is quite literally scientifically impossible?
We discuss why Mars is far more hostile than most people realize, the scientific barriers that make permanent settlement nearly impossible, and why billionaires continue selling this vision despite knowing it will never become reality.
We cover:
- Why humans will literally NEVER live on Mars
- The biggest scientific problems SpaceX can’t solve
- The truth about Elon Musk’s Mars colony plans
- Why Silicon Valley keeps selling science fiction as reality
- How AI and space colonization became part of the same billionaire narrative
- Why investing in Earth may matter far more than escaping it
