A Gift of Fire

This book is pedantic and the author reveals a complete lack of understanding how the world works. Many of the ‘complex problems' outlined in the book are obvious.

The author's views on important topic such as freedom of information, hacking, and software engineering are at times ridiculous and frustrating.

I took college level class with this book and while the class itself was interesting and facilitated good discussion; the textbook was universally loathed.