Kelly's notion of biology is based on the utopian idealism of Erasmus Darwin. He demonstrates no knowledge of actual animals or ecological relationships. Technology is not an organic system. Kelly considers all technology, however invasive and dangerous, as inherently good and getting better. The charts included in each chapter are another problem.
Charts lend a discussion a certain scientific weight.
The charts in this book, however, are confections. These charts are literally free of data. This book isn't worth checking out of the library. It will be rapidly forgotten. Utopian evolutionary thought is still a powerful force in popular thinking about evolution, particularly when applied to the economy.