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Really fun book!

An engaging history of the concept of genius. Parts of it I found more interesting than others; e.g., the stories of Francis Galton and Lewis Terman (whom a phrenologist predicted great things of at the age of 10), as opposed to Chris Goode, of whom I had never heard before. But overall quite good and well-written!

While it would be completely unfair to say the book was predictable, after it was set up, very unusually for me, I was able to guess pretty significant parts of the plot. But it had good pacing and good characters and there was a lot I didn't guess!

Thoroughly engaging book about tech billionaires and their beliefs and what it means for the rest of us.

I read this aloud to my wife, whose main career was in physical rehabilitation of people with brain injuries and diseases, and we both found it quite interesting.

Very engaging and cogent, with exhaustive documentation that police lie and journalists and politicians are just fine with that when the results benefit the rich and powerful.