Future Perfect by Steven Johnson5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() In its opening pages, FP tells the story of air traffic to highlight the unappreciated, steady, incremental progress of living conditions over the course of the 20th century, brought about by a combination of private enterprise and government regulation, rightly highlighting the overlooked role of public sector in improving quality of life. Starting with a promise that it does not keep.It will lead instead to an increasingly polarized world, with centralization of information on an unprecedented scale. First, and the reason I am writing this: Claiming that the “peer progressive worldview” stands for decentralization and egalitarianism. ![]() From here on, the author is “SBJ” and the book is “FP”. ![]() We interrupt the posts on identity and uprisings to bring you this not-so-handy print-off-and-keep companion for readers of Steven Johnson’s new book Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age. ![]()
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