Steven Johnson

stevenberlinjohnson.com @stevenbjohnson

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Steven Johnson is a prolific author and media theorist known for his exploration of science, technology, and innovation.
He has written twelve bestselling books, including "Where Good Ideas Come From" and "How We Got to Now." Johnson's work often examines the intersection of history, science, and culture, offering insights into how ideas and innovations shape society.
In addition to his writing, Johnson hosts the podcast "American Innovations" and co-created a PBS/BBC series.
He divides his time between California and New York, where he lives with his family.

Knihy autora Steven Johnson

The Ghost Map

od Steven Johnson • 2006

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

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🦠 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Mapping 🎩 Victorian London 🚰 Sanitation Reform

The Ghost Map

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

od Steven Johnson 2006 320 stran

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56 000+ hodnocení

🦠 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Mapping 🎩 Victorian London 🚰 Sanitation Reform

How We Got to Now

od Steven Johnson • 2014

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

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🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects 🏙️ Hidden Systems 🤝 Collaborative Innovation

How We Got to Now

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

od Steven Johnson 2014 293 stran

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🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects 🏙️ Hidden Systems 🤝 Collaborative Innovation

Where Good Ideas Come From

od Steven Johnson • 2010

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

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🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

Where Good Ideas Come From

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

od Steven Johnson 2010 340 stran

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15 000+ hodnocení

🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

Mind Wide Open

od Steven Johnson • 1999

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Mind Wide Open

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

od Steven Johnson 1999 274 stran

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Everything Bad is Good for You

od Steven Johnson • 2005

IQ scores keep rising, and your video game habit may explain why.

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📡 Media Studies 🎭 Pop Culture Analysis 🎮 Video Game Cognition 🧩 Narrative Complexity 🧠 Flynn Effect

Everything Bad is Good for You

IQ scores keep rising, and your video game habit may explain why.

od Steven Johnson 2005 273 stran

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5 000+ hodnocení

📡 Media Studies 🎭 Pop Culture Analysis 🎮 Video Game Cognition 🧩 Narrative Complexity 🧠 Flynn Effect

Enemy of All Mankind

od Steven Johnson • 2020

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

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🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

Enemy of All Mankind

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

od Steven Johnson 2020 286 stran

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4 000+ hodnocení

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

Emergence

od Steven Johnson • 2001

Ant colonies, brains, cities, and the web all emerge from simple local rules repeated endlessly.

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🧩 Complexity Science 🔗 Systems Thinking 🌊 Emergence 🐜 Swarm Intelligence 🌀 Self-Organization

Emergence

Ant colonies, brains, cities, and the web all emerge from simple local rules repeated endlessly.

od Steven Johnson 2001 288 stran

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3 000+ hodnocení

🧩 Complexity Science 🔗 Systems Thinking 🌊 Emergence 🐜 Swarm Intelligence 🌀 Self-Organization

Farsighted

od Steven Johnson • 2018

Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.

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🧠 Decision Science 🗺️ Strategic Planning ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🔮 Scenario Planning 📊 Behavioral Economics

Farsighted

Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.

od Steven Johnson 2018 384 stran

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2 000+ hodnocení

🧠 Decision Science 🗺️ Strategic Planning ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🔮 Scenario Planning 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Infernal Machine

od Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

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🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Infernal Machine

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

od Steven Johnson 2024 368 stran

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1 000+ hodnocení

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

Extra Life

od Steven Johnson • 2023

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

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🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

Extra Life

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

od Steven Johnson 2023 320 stran

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1 000+ hodnocení

🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

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