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quigonchuy's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.5
Interesting perspective. Definitely took some weird turns, but an interesting read nonetheless. Don't quite get why the Green New Deal bashing (makes me think he doesn't quite understand it, as he critiques it as if it was just an expansion of spending for spending's sake) or the solar energy bashing, and there were a few more of these rather odd takes.
insidevoices's review
The author is obnoxious, and there is nothing profound being brought to light.
misterfix's review
4.0
An excellent, brief observation on the disturbing history of technological development and how the proponents/cheerleaders are willfully ignorant of the situating endgame and instead seeking answers using the very modern that is creating the problem. There are many books that provide a more detailed analysis of this subject by Zuboff, Postman, Mander, Klein, etc but this is an excellent, concise and timely synthesis. Thankfully Mr Rushkoff doesn't pretend to also include the answer though his erudite section on this is spot on.
mjfmjfmjf's review
2.0
Disappointing. I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. Certainly there were some interesting questions raised. And the chapters were nicely packaged up to look like they'd be in the same book. But the style of the writing was impenetrable and overwrought. And made the ideas hard to follow and retain. As for the initial chapter and the idea of the book, it definitely made me think. For me it would seem like the Tech Billionaires looking for a place safe from their security after an unavoidable apocalypse would be better off loving anonymously in a well equipped and well suited town in Costa Rica - some place people would only know them as people. It was cool to see a reference to [b:The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity|56269264|The Dawn of Everything A New History of Humanity|David Graeber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1617072525l/56269264._SX50_.jpg|87659801] and even [b:The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism|1237300|The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism|Naomi Klein|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442590618l/1237300._SY75_.jpg|2826418] but both of those were quite better books.
requiredreading's review
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.25
A great summary of the “mindset” of tech billionaires shaping our society and how we can opt-out of that thinking for a more human and humane approach to life.