I read an enjoyed Lyons' article on Kurzweil last week. Despite its critical bent, found it to be quite even-handed and informative. I did not, however, notice

I read an enjoyed Lyons' article on Kurzweil last week. Despite its critical bent, found it to be quite even-handed and informative. I did not, however, notice that the author was Dan Lyons of Fake Steve Jobs fame. Lyons clearly has a knack for turning personality defects into leads to stories. His article is as much about the eccentricities of Kurzweil as much as it is about his theories themselves. Also, journalism is not the same as philosophical discourse, one should include character details as context for the ideas. One need not study the ideas in a vacuum. In all honesty, that makes the stories all the more enjoyable.