Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Very academic for a book on social intelligence.

The book provides tons of stories that describe and support the various explanations of SI. The mountains of material lends strongly to the author's credibility but the book is very dry. It is a bit like going to a social event and having someone talk to you about the wonders of tax code the whole time.It did examine and articulate many of the social dynamics we see every day. It could just have used some of the dynamic in the writing. Perhaps it would have been best for the author to hire someone else to translate his findings and conclusions in written form. Someone better at communicating in a compelling manner. The author describes an "optimal" state of learning that is "inspired." Reading the book does not put you in an optimal state of learning.