Quotes by Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

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Every genuinely new technology has a genuinely new way of breaking – and every now and then, those malfunctions open a n — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
The larger question is, as virologist Jonas Salk once asked, "Are we being good ancestors? — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
A world without glass would strike at the foundation of modern progress: the extended lifespans that come from understan — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Sometimes the effect arrives thanks to a different kind of breakthrough: a dramatic increase in our ability to MEASURE s — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
The time travelers are usually adapt at "intercrossing" different fields of expertise. That's the beauty of the hobbyist — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Time travelers tend, as a group, to have a lot of hobbies. — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
The garage is the space for the hacker, the tinkerer, the maker. The garage is not defined by a single field or industry — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
...if your great-great-great-grandfather wanted to read his book after dark, some poor soul had to crawl around in a wha — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
That's the way progress works: the more we build up these vast repertoires of scientific and technological understanding — Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World