Wilson's ideas are intriguing, and his book is full of interesting anecdotes, but he never quite brings it all together. Mostly I spent the book wanting to read about the outcomes of project after project he writes about, although it's too early for results. Still, the work would have benefited from a more structured approach to its argument, rather than a string of stories and new beginnings.

I like his ideas about evolution as paradigm, but I wonder if maybe other books of his would be better for this. As it applies to sociology or urban planning or what exactly is still unclear, seems to me.