Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age Contributor(s): Johnson, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594631840 ISBN-13: 9781594631849 Publisher: Riverhead Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Social Aspects - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
Dewey: 303.483 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
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Publisher Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted Combining the deft social analysis of Where Good Ideas Come From with the optimistic arguments of Everything Bad Is Good for You, 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 political system is hopelessly gridlocked with old ideas, Future Perfect makes the timely and uplifting case that progress is still possible. |