Book description
What connects the "miracle on the Hudson" to the planning
of the French railway system, or the mysterious outbreak of strange
smells in downtown Manhattan to the invention of the Internet? With
his characteristic flair for multidisciplinary storytelling, Steven
Johnson shows in Future Perfect that what lies behind these and
many other fascinating human stories is the concept of networked thinking.
Exploring a new vision of progress, Johnson argues that networked
thinking holds the key to an incredible range of human achievements,
and can transform everything from local government to drug research to
arts funding and education. Future Perfect paints a compelling
portrait of a new model of political change that is already on the
rise, and shows that despite Western political systems hopelessly
gridlocked by old ideas, change for the better can happen, and that
new solutions are on the horizon.
'If you're a pessimist-and chances are you are-you should read
Future Perfect. In fact, read it even if you're an optimist,
because Mr. Johnson's book will give you lots of material to brighten
the outlook of your gloomy friends...it envisions a new political
movement' Wall Street Journal
'An informative, tech-savvy and provocative vision of a new and more
democratic public philosophy. A breath of fresh air a breath of fresh
air in an age of gridlock, cynicism and disillusionment' San
Francisco Chronicle
'A buoyant and hopeful book ... Future Perfect reminds us we
already have the treatment. We just need to use it' Boston Globe
Steven Johnson is the US bestselling author of 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
anthology The Innovator's Cookbook. He is the founder of a variety of
influential websites - most recently, outside. in - and writes for
Time, Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall
Street Journal. He lives in Marin County, California, with his
wife and three sons.
Steven Johnson is the US bestselling author of
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 anthology
The Innovator's Cookbook
. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites - most
recently, outside. in - and writes for
Time
,
Wired
,
The New York Times
, and
The Wall Street Journal
. He lives in Marin County, California, with his wife and three sons.
