"The attribution of the invention of the architecture to von Neumann is controversial, not least because Eckert and Mauchly had done a lot of the required design work and claim to have had the idea for stored programs long before discussing the ideas with von Neumann and Herman Goldstine[3]"
I see this "embarrassed millionaires" line a lot. It seems unbelievably cynical. Do you really think a meaningful fraction of workers are thinking "I'll oppose unions because even though I'm hurting workers, it'll be good for me when I'm rich"?
No it doesn't. I listened to the audiobook and agree it has very good lessons. One of the big ones has to do with empathy.
I wish I'd had a book like this when I was a kid.
Actually, what you're describing sounds like something you'd refer to as "not a showstopper".
To me, a "showstopper" is something that stops the show: that can't be ignored or "fixed later".