Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age - Rilegato

"There’s an interesting book, if you want to be optimistic about the future, by Steven Johnson, a great science writer, called Future Perfect." – Bill Clinton, speaking at The Health Matters conference
 
Praise for Where Good Ideas Come From

[Where Good Ideas Come From is a] rich, integrated, and often sparkling book. Mr. Johnson, who knows a thing or two about the history of science, is a first-rate storyteller." -- New York Times

"A vision of innovation and ideas that is resolutely social, dynamic, and material.... Fluidly written, entertaining, and smart without being arcane." -- Los Angeles Times
 
"Brilliant... Johnson is an exemplar of the post-categorical age.... The 'long zoom' approach gives Johnson's book power, makes it a tool for understanding where we stand today, and makes it satisfying." -- New York Times Book Review
 
"Stimulating, iconoclastic, and strikingly original." -- The Atlantic Monthly
 
"Essential reading for anyone trying to understand this culture." -- New York Times
 
"Johnson is a polymath... [It's] exhilarating to follow his unpredictable trains of thought. To explain why some ideas upend the world, he draws upon many disciplines: chemistry, social history, geography, even ecosystem science." -- Los Angeles Times
 
"Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology. Through fascinating observations and insights, he enlightens us about the origin of ideas. How do you create environments and networks that promote innovation? Johnson discovers patterns that help clarify that critical question." -- Walter Isaacson, author of the bestselling Steve Jobs
 

Steven Johnson is the author of seven bestsellers, including Where Good Ideas Come From,The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, and Everything Bad Is Good for You, and is the editor of the anthologyThe Innovator’s Cookbook. He is the founder of a variety of influential websitesmost recently, outside.inand writes forTime, Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Marin County, California, with his wife and three sons.