Good points; I don't disagree, but not rigorous and less scientific than I expected. Many times, the narrative seemed to stray into purely partisan storytelling. It was more a partisan political rant with a couple nonpolitical anecdotes. No historical comparisons with other periods overridden with fear. No projections of where our fear culture will take us. No possible remedies to fear were presented. I feel like I didn't learn anything, and I felt like the author was lazy in his research.