Towards the end, as the book explores concepts from AI, I lost a bit of interest because I had doubts about whether it's out-dated. AI has progressed greatly since this book was written.

But the first half, leading up to the explanation of Godel's theorem, I found fascinating.

World-building in the first third really drew me in. Felt like a less-pristine Star Trek episode. I thought the main conflict, once it started, dragged on a little. Character motivations didn't feel strongly defined.

Really indulgent first chapter about NBA drafts, which was interesting, but had little to do with the rest of the book. I was most interested in the story of Amos and Danny's relationship, and I almost think the book could have been entirely about that.

I didn't identify with this as much as I did Outline, but if I ever get divorced, I'll know to revisit this.

Drew me into a world that I know nothing of, and made me feel like an expert.

The core message of the book–that people are motivated by doing work that they find meaningful–didn't seem that insightful to me. But I did like the latter half of the book, which talks about how misconceptions spread. Ideology propagates because of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Most of it seems common-sense to me: communicate, be social, be open-minded, no hierarchies. I disagree with the pitch that anyone “from the CEO to the janitor” can implement these changes. You still need some power to put things in motion.

Not as much about snooker as I'd hoped. Lots of digressions. Still fun to read.

Highlight: constant bashing of the player Stephen Lee for no apparent reason.