It's difficult to really rate this book. For the ideas it brings up, it deserves a five. But a large amount of those are going to be coming from the individual reader's interpretation of the author's accounts, rather than a planned narrative within it. Which leads into a reason for giving it a much lower score, it's basically a frenzied jump from one crazed idea to another. Many are interesting, some brillient, and there's a good deal of lame ducks as well. But most of them have just enough to lure you in before the book gives a shrug and gives up, moving on to the next topic.

It's worth a read, but could have been quite a bit more. Though I'd also add that it's worth actually buying just to have a book with that title, and cover, sitting on your shelf. ( )