Despite this book showing its age in a manner I did not strictly anticipate (though obviously should have), I really enjoyed Gleick's examination of the role of time in our lives. And, I admit, there was something strangely fun about imagining the world before the turn of the millenium and 9/11 and the rebirth of Apple and the smartphone and...you get the idea. It made extrapolating his points all the more exciting, because you could see how his thoughts relate to the future as it is now.
Also, Gleick is an exceptional writer and has the sort of style often reserved for novelist. I enjoyed reading him and the way he framed his information through encounters,
In the end, though I enjoyed the obsoleteness, the book did suffer for being 13 years out of date--my fault, not its--but it's still a provocative read about the role of time in our lives.