JPod, Coupland. No. While I didn’t hate this book, and indeed by and large enjoyed reading it, it’s ultimately so masturbatory that I don’t believe I gained anything from the reading. I should note that my librarian insisted I read it, despite suspecting I would not want to have read it. Turns out my librarian knows my taste pretty well.
On a technical note, the only error I noted was where the book read, “North Korean president Kim II Sung.” This error is hard to spot in a sans-serif font (I’m letting the lack of a hyphen slide), but the book was not set in such a type. I suppose I have to thank whoever made the error, though, in that I likely would not otherwise have learned that—despite his death—Kim Il-Sung is still the president.