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The book starts really strong. The first chapters are catchy and relevant and they are very well written, too. Additionally, it is methodologically sound and some of their findings are interesting. Regretfully, at some points it becomes quite repetitive (in terms of methods and results) and, the methodology is sometimes unconsistent, unclear (i.e. I'd like to fully understand how the searches were made) and even questionable.

Actually, what I found to be more controversial is the decision of comparing Google Maps and Wikipedia. Mainly because they are very different in purpose and contents, but also because I believe that OpenStreetMap would have been a fairer comparison or bridge between the two. It is true that there are some mentions and comparisons to it, but the book claims to focus only oncomparing Google Maps and Wikipedia alone, and therefore, OpenStreetMap is something accessory and not as extensively or consistently as the previous ones.

In any case, just because it raises so many questions and comments that I'd love to discuss with their authors should I had the chance, I believe it is worth reading and I would recomment it despite it didn't match my initial expectations (which admittedly were very high).

Se trata de un libro muy diferente a su anterior obra, "Invierte en ti". Si bien conserva de él el estilo de escritura (pedagógico y divertido) que es capaz de contar cosas complejas de forma sencilla, es un libro menos generalista, más aplicado. También es más especialista. Al ser menos genérico, se abordan menos temas con mayor profundidad, lo cual es muy positivo. Sin embargo, tengo la sensación de que algunos capítulos (por ejemplo tipos de fondos de inversión) no están equilibroados y hay un gran salto de lo genérico a lo muy específico. También he echado de menos que se desarrollase más el último capítulo, con consejos o criterios para invertir, lo cual lo haría más aplicado todavía (que entiendo que es su vocación -aunque entiendo lo difícil de hacerlo dado que hay tantas casuísticas como lectores). Es un libro que tendré que volver a leer para poder aprovecharlo del todo.

(EN below) Es tracta d'un llibre que va evolucionant contínuament on res no és el que sembla. El que al començament em semblava que només es tractava una història ben explicada però que s'assemblava massa a la seva anterior novel·la (La Pell Freda) i exigia fer massa actes de fe en virtut de l'entreteniment, va mutant en un seguit d'històries dins històries, amb un final sorprenent i intel·ligent on tot el que no tenia sentit pren una nova i inesperada dimensió.

This is a constantly evolving book where nothing is what it seems. What at first seemed to me to be just a well-told story but too similar to his previous novel (La Pell Freda) and requiring too many acts of faith for the sake of entertainment, turns into a followed by stories within stories, with a surprising and clever ending where everything that didn't make sense takes on a new and unexpected dimension.

Rutger Bregman presents a series of stories and facts that speculate not only how a fairer, more rational and equitable the world could be, but also how could have been if at certain point history would have taken another turn. And by doing so, it questions the very essence of many of today's assumptions regarding workload, wellfare, borders, wages, poors... that neoliberal mantras makes us believe which constitute the foundations of capitalist societies. And what it is more important: it plants the seed of new different ideas that can lead to this utopia he often refers to as "The land of plenty" to be a reality not just for a few chosen ones, but for everyone.

Written in a very informative and colloquial language (although I felt sometimes to be structured in a weird manner with many jumps back and forth*) it is aimed to everyone, without the need of knowing much about economics or politics. I found it to be highly recommended for anyone pursuing a better world or simply that want to understand how the current world works and over which premises it is based.

• Apparently, a new edition was made after this one which slightly changes the order of some chapters and, according to the author it is the best edition so far