(2016-11-30) Wastelands And Wonderlands Steven Johnson On Innovation

Wastelands and Wonderlands: Steven Johnson on Innovation. The thesis of Steven Johnson’s new book Wonderland is right there in its title: “How Play Made the Modern World.” Through a series of historical case studies, Johnson explores how certain ostensibly recreational activities led to a host of social, political, or technological breakthroughs–for instance, how the English fondness for pubs led to an abundance of them in their colonies in North America, which in turn proved to be a hotbed for the movement for independence. (play ethic, (2010-01-03) Dixon The Next Big Thing Will Start Out Looking Like A Toy)