I found this summary of the book pretty good if you don't have time:
https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9w1b19/the_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9w1b19/the_...
Edit: After reading the actual comment in the linked threat, they are surprisingly, I don't know, self-aware? I wouldn't write any of those posts myself, but it's also not quite as bad as one expects, considering some other fare I've seen in the comments to Scott Alexander's blog posts.