This is a very odd and very well written book. I have mixed feeling about it. The downside—though it is a philosophy book, the author does not know very much about philosophy or science, and that gets irritating sometimes. He comes across as, if not anti-intellectual, then definitely anti-academic, and with that comes a weird smugness and posturing, not to mention factual errors.
But on the upside—his conversations on the subject of quality and excellence, are fantastic, and quite fascinating. It gave me a lot of food for thought, and gave me much to aspire to, both in my work (software development), and in life in general.
I highly recommend it.