Steven Johnson at BIF (Excerpt)

It was a great pleasure to welcome Steve Johnson to BIF on March 16, 2009 for a conversation about his new book, "The Invention of Air." In a forum with a few dozen members of the BIF community, Johnson discussed the story of Enlightenment-era innovator Joseph Priestly and the emerging social networks that enabled his ideas to flourish. Here's a quick video of Steven talking about the book.

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Steven Johnson

Best-selling author of several thoughtful and surprising books linking science, technology and society. His new book, "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation," will be published in October. Steven is also a longtime innovator in the digital space whose latest endeavor is outside.in, a radical new form of hyper-local news that maps web conversations onto real neighborhoods.

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