Yeah, if memory serves, the reviewer in this case was 'housing' editor at Whole Earth. At the time he was into geodesic domes and Buckminster Fuller, a worldview and technology he would shortly disavow.

The reviewer's blog is worth a look if you're up for a bit of architectural hippydom. [1]

As for Gen X. Well, My Morning Jack apparently did an album inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog. [2]

[1] https://www.lloydkahn.com/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Distortion