Foer is failing upwards I see. Unless the tech golden boy is firing deadwood like Leon Weisswhatshisname and Paul Berman, etc. etc. etc., it's still the same old crap. I guess you're supposed to be excited by the fact that he's using his momentary large fortune to bring in "literary" ringers. I read the Kirn piece that was raved about in the link: apparently they're going to become an unintentional New Yorker parody("Barack Obama is a slender, middle aged man with a warm smile and close-cropped graying hair.....").