MixedReasonThe inevitable end point of the genre: heavy on lofty moral lectures but stripped almost entirely of scientific literacy or curiosity ... On the positive side, The New Dark Ages has probably the best prose of its genre. The writing is earnest and engaging ... A banal remake of complaints old people have been making for 2,500 years ... Like others in its genre, The New Dark Ages provides a trite but emotionally appealing narrative that flattens a complicated set of data into a sweeping moral story.
