I'm considering whether to pick up The Age of Survailance Capitalism; the relevance of the topic is obvious, yet I've heard many criticisms against the quality of the writing (not research) in the book.
People who have finished The Age of Survailance Capitalism, did the writing quality get in the way of the message?
I listened to the audiobook. The writing is engaging. The only criticism I have about the writing is that it is a little repetitive – the book could probably be 75% as long and still get 99% of the point across. However, the length of the book primarily reflects the depth of the research, rather than editing. And for those who are afraid of reading a long but important book, I don’t know what to tell you. I suspect this will be a pivotal book for our time.
I don’t think the prose is of poor quality. But it’s certainly not the easiest book to read if you’ve not spent much time reading non-fiction of the non-stem kind.
If you’ve read some art or philosophy the language will be easy to follow.
