My comment adds to the endeavor of the book, without in any way detracting from its crucial importance. I find his reasoning cogent enough that i think it would be unwise to dismiss it as so much tomfoolery.

The author has modified his diet to try and ensure that he is alive when the early miraculous stage arrives so he may be technologically modified that he might live much longer than normal, and be cured of any biological deficiencies.

Sadly, all the good stuff is surrounded by a repetitious screed. The narrator ruins it completely.

This vision is not positive for community nor is it growth positive. It is heavy on vision and light on reasonable evidence and actionable application, analyzable risk or opportunity.

The author is very wordy, using the most heady words to describe even relatively simple concepts. And this ultimately is his motive for publishing what in my opinion is the most poorly written book i have ever attempted reading.

He is so enamored with computers that they have become worthy of worship incapable of wrong. His technological reductionism is breathtakingly conceited. Many, if not most, of the things he predicted will likely happen, but to varying degrees and in fa...  Read More