"The Diamond Age" presents some fascinating and not outlandish future tech visions. Mixed with outstanding insight into political, sociological, moral and educational concepts that caught me by surprise, halfway through the book, I thought I had stumbled onto GREATNESS. Unfortunately, starting with the undersea drummers society, the interlacing arc of ideas began to go off course and Neal or his editor seemed to push the self-destruct button and wrapped it up in a hurry."A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" will be on the futures 'Wish List' of every parent who reads this book.