The author himself said his book was panned on Reddit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631424 The larger p

The author himself said his book was panned on Reddit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631424 The larger point is that the audience he chose to market to, rejected his ideas. Whether or not his audience was acting in "good faith" is irrelevant to his failure to communicate.