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Books by Steven Johnson mentioned on podcasts
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Where good ideas come from
Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson is an insightful non-fiction book that explores the historical and environmental patterns that foster innovation, such as the concept of the slow hunch and serendipitous collisions.
Discussed“It made me think of Steven Johnson's book were good ideas come from and one of his arguments in that book is that great ideas often come from adjacency”
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The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map investigates the devastating 1850s cholera outbreak in London through a gripping, detective-style narrative.
Discussed“um and the the the first one is uh my book The Ghost map which is actually the despite the fact that it's about chera is actually the best selling of all my books um I think it part because it has this kind of detective story structure”
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Enemy of All Mankind
Enemy of All Mankind by Steven Johnson is a riveting true story of piracy, power, and history's first global manhunt during the seventeenth century.
Discussed“well another great editor story is um so I wrote a book um maybe my favorite book of all of them except for the new one which is is the new one always the favorite book it is a little bit because you're not sick of it yet you know um but I wrote this book called enemy of all”
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Extra Life
Extra Life by Steven Johnson is a popular science book that examines the remarkable historical advancements in human longevity and public health over the past several centuries.
Recommended“so I have three books that I love for different reasons so I love extra Life by Steven Johnson it's zooming out to say isn't it remarkable that we have basically added an extra life”
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Farsighted
Discussed“actually the book partially starts with the great excerpt in in Charles Darwin's Diaries where he's trying to decide whether to get married”
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Future Perfect
Discussed“I read a book recently called future perfect uh don't remember the author Steven Johnson is the author another internet Tech web guy right”
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The Infernal Machine
Discussed“and I want to talk about your new book The Infernal machine and how you think about these elements of surprise these surprising stories as you begin to weave together this tapestry of vignettes what are you reading for to find these surprises and then thinking through what actually makes it into a final book”
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Wonderland
Discussed“I used to give the tours at Xerox PARC for all the visitors and actually one of the big talking points was when we had like these big muckety-mucks coming through was how like there'd be a material science expert”
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