This was a gift book, so I was obliged to read. He's formidably well versed on his subject matter, has done his research, and from this drawn his conclusions as to the challenges we'll face.
It's good to see another point of view. While I disagree, fundamentally, I think we'll be going a long ways down the road of cultural apocalypse before we get to those stages, I'm not the authority.
In any event it's good to read a different, more "optimistic" (??) prediction of the future. He's at least well informed.