While really interesting, the book serves as a restatement of a lot of things Doctorow has said before in talks, articles and blog posts. He goes into depth here and clearly Giblin brings her own expertise to balance out his frequent hyperbole with a more grounded approach to the facts. If you're a fan of Doctorow, this book is like a 'greatest hits' collection of what he's been saying lately. But in the end, it doesn't leave you feeling very optimistic that any of what he complains about is possible to change.