I wanted to like this. I enjoy Steven Johnson — his Mind Wide Open was a great read, as was FEED, back in the day, and he usually has some interesting ideas. But this was not one of those books. He seems obsessed with coining the phrase and movement and politically minded group “peer progressives,” and if I ever read the words ‘Legrand Star’ again it’ll just be far too soon. The literary equivalent of banging in a nail with your hand. Over and over and over again.

Yes, networks are cool. Using tools in ways the creators never intended them is cool. But this could have been an article, rather than a book.

I don’t not finish many books, but this is one I just put down, two thirds of the way through.