swirls with revelations that the monogamy of the "outside world" has been replaced with serial marriage; parenting is a communal responsibility; death panels are a reality; and everyone gets to be god for a day. The more Jacob learns of Walden's ways, the more uncertain he becomes of his own beliefs and the life he wants to lead. Torn from today's headlines, Walden 3.0 offers a worldview that will alternately delight and dismay pretty much everyone. Rather than the traditional Red State-Blue State blather, this no-holds-barred, Purple-State black comedy aims its sights on parenting, romantic love, higher education, gay marriage, universal healthcare, taxation, circumcision, the bloated legal system, organized religion, reality television, social networking, mutual funds, McMansions, conspiracy theories, plastic surgery, and much more. And while Henry David Thoreau and B.F Skinner are rolling over in their graves, you’ll be rolling in the aisles and rolling your eyes at many of the conventions and outright nonsense embraced by the non-Walden 3.0 world.