It looks like it was cancelled because the premise of it was wrong (that technologically innovation is stalling and something needs to be done to revive it).
This time he hired "Blake Masters" to actually write the book.
Blake is a real guy and a friend of mine. Remove the scare quotes please?
Why should he have to remove the "scare quotes" because he happens to be a friend of yours.
Blake is a real guy
Can confirm: I met him once, briefly, in San Francisco.