Are there two of them?

[Ankesh]

I think its the same guy. He is just good at polarizing people. (By the way, Michael Masterson is a pen name.)

I've read a couple of the books written by him. And didn't find them very good. They were just ok. But I did like reading his newsletter EarlyToRise.com

The content is there in his books too. But they lack a coherent structure. They tell you what to do. Not how to do it.

To me, he is like Seth Godin. Good ideas. Not always good "implementable" reading.