I recently read Deep Utopia and I found it frustratingly disjointed and inelegant. I kept expecting a big reveal, or a drawing together of the various threads into an unexpected insight, which never came.
I agree with the review by Steve Jurvetson, linked at the start of Hanson's review.
> My biggest frustration with the book is that he takes over 500 pages to convey what could be more clearly said in well under 50...
> there is no high-level organization to the book...
> more of a survey of all possible answers versus the much more difficult task of making specific predictions....
I agree with the review by Steve Jurvetson, linked at the start of Hanson's review.
> My biggest frustration with the book is that he takes over 500 pages to convey what could be more clearly said in well under 50...
> there is no high-level organization to the book...
> more of a survey of all possible answers versus the much more difficult task of making specific predictions....