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This book had some potential for a good and interesting read, but the style broke the flow of the narrative for me. It is supposedly written by the computer of a Journalist so the writing is dry and "factual", like a news story with as little opinion inserted as possible. It read a bit more like a high school history text than a novel.

The prognostications from the date the book was written are interesting to see, especially where the author hypothesized where the world was heading in the future and what possible events and consequences are. The further one goes into the future, the less I found myself able to suspend disbelief entirely for the middle of the novel. World events were predicated on events from the past that didn't quite happen. Predictive models were off in many ways. On the other hand, once our characters step fully into the history of this novel and become active participants, the novel's predications regain their believability.

Unfortunately, the characters come off as a little too perfect for me. Pete's flaws seem to be that he's just too smart for this world. David and Diana seems even less flawed. It all seems to feed into a worldview that believes it is the highly intelligent that can save mankind from itself. There's a thread of utopianism that if we give up privacy and free will we can fix our problems. It seems, at least in this narrative, that the author seems to favor such a solution. I don't see many pitfalls with his proposed solution as portrayed in this novel. I've been told in later books things start to come unraveled. Overall I'd just like to see more depth from this book.