Future Perfect

The Case for Progress in a Networked Age

Media Type:Audiobook
Genre(s):Educational
Podcasts
Narrator(s):Samuel Cohen
ISBN:9781666592047
Publish Date:09/18/2012
Run Time:5 Hours, 26 Minutes
Language:English
Publisher:Dreamscape Media

Audiobook

Combining the deft social analysis of Where Good Ideas Come From with the optimistic arguments of Everything Bad Is Good for You, Steven Johnson’s Future Perfect argues that a new model of political change is on the rise, transforming everything from local governments to drug research to arts funding and education. Johnson paints a compelling portrait of this new political worldview – influenced by the success of the Internet but not dependent on high-tech solutions – that breaks with the traditional categories of liberal or conservative thinking. With his acclaimed flair for multidisciplinary storytelling and big idea books, Johnson explores this new vision of progress through a series of fascinating narratives: from the ‘miracle on the Hudson’ to the invention of the Internet itself.