It's quite refreshing to find sometimes people thinking the same things I do about the current state of the world, it seems the vocal majority is on the AI hype train. Maybe I am naive but I hope there are many people "like us" that simply keep their opinions less public, just because they are not so hyped and following the trend
I strongly suggest the other books by him, especially Ra is quite a trip (in a good way), very weird but enjoyable :)