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Super wordy, no tech, no economics
TLDR the author tried too hard to write and had too little to offer.
Feels like 600 pages or rambling about how tech + capitalism is evil, without much hard facts. From what I have read, I saw zero economics (any more analysis about the "surplus" other than two illustrations?), zero tech details (what's the algorithm? where's the data stored? what's the level of human intervention?), and very little insightful politics (theory and practice behind any regulation?) What's there instead is Thomas Piketty, Occupy Wall Street, inequality, elitism, etc. We don't buy this book for another round of these cliches
To be fair, the author claims in the very beginning that the book adopts "an essayist style" -- but if the author really wants to show off the writing, I see nothing but pure bad writing in the book: no concrete points and over-verbose languages that don't serve much. In summary, it could be an interesting read if 50-100 pages, an okay book at 200 pages, but an absolute torture with its current version at 600 pages.
February 2019 · Books · verified purchase