I felt that way as well. The book makes some decent points but it seems like high preference time behavior. And written by someone who assumes the wave of dollar devaluation and asset inflation ridden from 71 to present will never not be the norm. Time will tell but I think it ages like milk. That said, gave this to both sets of boomer grandparents.

Basically I like the idea of giving to things you care about and family you want to support while you are living so you can enjoy blessing others, but not much beyond that.