I remeber the book differently - I remember it being primarily about getting exactly this right. Lot of space spent discussing efficiency and losses and comparing apples to apples.
(Admittedly, I read it many years ago, my memory may be off, though I strongly doubt it.)
He did get it exactly right. 1500 pages of detailed analysis and you have people here making up nonsense to claim it isn't accurate. The posts on this article make me lose my faith in humanity...or at least HN...total clown show here tonight.
(Admittedly, I read it many years ago, my memory may be off, though I strongly doubt it.)