I had forgotten what a breeze it is to read Michael Lewis' writing. Lewis has a way of providing information that may otherwise be heavy and mundane, in an engaging narration like a friend who is enthusiastically sharing with you on what they just learned today.
I very much enjoyed the behind-the-scenes look at what happened when there is a transfer of power. Naively, I shared the same thought as (omg, no.) Jared Kushner thinking it would be
like a corporate acquisitions or something...everyone [in the federal government] just stayed.
Where I found an odd disconnection is in the last of the three chapters. The chapter provides insight into the four, five characters' involvement in scientific data aggregation in the government. But it doesn't have anything to do with government transition? That left me slightly disappointed as the book feels like an incomplete one on government transition plus a standalone long read on data science - although not a dull subject, I did not sign up for when I started the book.
I would still recommend anyone who wants to know more about how a government works to read, at least the first half, of The Fifth Risk. For the third chapter, maybe look up what Lewis has learned about AccuWeather's commercialization of taxpayer-funded government data instead, unless you are particularly interested in scientific data collection.