[nahumfarchi]

>(it honestly felt optimized for appeal to a TED audience)

Funny that you should say that because TED is extremely popular here in Israel (the book was originally published in Hebrew a couple of years before the English translation).

>While I'm hoping his new book will fix those (perceived) problems...

Don't get your hope up. It's basically:

- the singularity is near and that's not necessarily a good thing

- free will does not exist

- reiterating stuff from the previous book

That being said, it's a fun pop science read.