Книга: Steven Johnson «Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age»

Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age

Combining the deft social analysis of WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM with the optimistic arguments of EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD FOR YOU, New York Times bestselling author and one of the most inspiring visionaries of contemporary culture, Steven Johnson, maps the ways a connected world will be both different and better. Steven Johnson proposes that a new model of political change is on the rise transforming everything from local government to classrooms to health care. It's a compelling new political worldview that breaks with traditional categories of liberal or conservative thinking. Johnson explores this innovative vision through a series of fascinating narratives: from the MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON to the planning of the French railway system; from the battle against malnutrition in Vietnam to a mysterious outbreak of strange smells in downtown Manhattan; from underground music video artists to the invention of the Internet itself. At a time when the conventional wisdom holds that the...

Издательство: "Penguin Books Ltd." (2013)

Формат: 130x195, 272 стр.

ISBN: 978-0-141-97491-0

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Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson may refer to:
* Steven Berlin Johnson, American popular science author, books include "Everything Bad Is Good For You" and "Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software"
* Steven Johnson (motor racing), Australian V8 Supercar racing driver
* Steven Johnson (author), British writer and author of the "Mercury Rapids" trilogy

Steven Johnson may also refer to:
* Steven Johnson the stinko, Main character of "Why the World Stinks".

ee also

* Steve Johnson (disambiguation)
* Stephen Johnson (disambiguation)
* Stevens-Johnson syndrome

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