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What a frustrating read. It truly felt like one of those sci-fi movies you play in the background, except you can't really read books in the background.

It's difficult to figure out the author's intentions. Does he think the future is dystopian or futuristic, when he describes traffic jams with EVs or hyperloops (reads quite like Elon's dreams)?

The motivations make no sense. The issue isn't everyday people, it's people in power and companies going unchecked and insufficiently regulated.

His descriptions of intelligence are not convincing. It reads more encyclopaedic than anything else.

I appreciate his concluding chapter though. that was more thought provoking than the entire book.