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Riverhead
September 2012
On Sale: September 18, 2012
272 pages
ISBN: 1594488207
EAN: 9781594488207
Kindle: B0085DP4OG
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Non-Fiction
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 Steven Johnson’s Future Perfect makes the case
that a new model of political change is on the rise,
transforming everything from local governments to
classrooms, from protest movements to health care. Johnson
paints a compelling portrait of this new political worldview
-- influenced by the success and interconnectedness of the
Internet, but not dependent on high-tech solutions -- that
breaks with the conventional categories of liberal or
conservative thinking.
With his acclaimed gift for
multi-disciplinary storytelling and big ideas, Johnson
explores this new vision of progress 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 inspiring
case that progress is still possible, and that new solutions
are on the rise. This is a hopeful, affirmative outlook for
the future, from one of the most brilliant and inspiring
visionaries of contemporary culture.
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