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  1. ‘Information Ubiquity’ Connects Swine Flu and the Kindle

    The Takeaway: How information spreads in our interconnected world. By John Hockenberry, Farai Chideya, Jim Colgan. Guest: Steven Berliner Johnson

    Experts said our interconnected world was going to make outbreaks like H1N1 far worse than those that came before. But author Steven Johnson says that information spreads faster than people do, and that’s what will keep us safe. This is thanks to what he calls "information ubiquity," which is the same force behind the decline of newspapers and the rise of e-readers like the Kindle. Johnson is the author of a recent book about the 1854 cholera epidemic in London called The Ghost Map as well as Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, and his most recent book is The Invention of Air. He is also the founder of hyper-local reporting site Outside.In.

    From http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/may/11/what-do-swine-flu-and-amazon-kindle-have-common/

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  2. Steven Johnson on WFMU’s The Media Squat

    The Media Squat with Douglas Rushkoff Podcast on WFMU.org from Apr 6, 2009 (with guest Steven Johnson)

    http://www.mediasquat.net/

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  3. Steven Johnson, author of The Invention of Air: Interview on The Sound of Young America

    Steven Berlin Johnson is a writer and entrepreneur who writes on the history of ideas. His books have included Everything Bad is Good for You, which suggested that contemporary popular culture is more challenging to the mind than it’s accused of being, and The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, which tracked the spread of cholera in London in the mid-19th century as a way to understand the networked modern city. His newest book, The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution and the Birth of America tracks the life of the 18th century writer and scientist Joseph Priestley, and how his story can help us learn about the growth and development of ideas. Johnson also created the news discussion site plastic.com and the hyper-local site outside.in.

    http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2009/03/steven-johnson-author-of-invention-of.html

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  4. The Ecosystem of News

    It is now conventional wisdom that the newspaper as we have come to know it for last century is over, or will be in a matter of years. The question is whether we’re going to spend our time grieving over the loss, or whether we’re going to use this moment as an opportunity to invent something even better. We’re inevitably moving from the "paper of record" model to a something more distributed, a news ecosystem, but that doesn’t mean we can’t consciously define the shape of that system. So let’s figure out what values we want to preserve from the older newspaper paradigm, and what values we want to improve upon — and then let’s go build it!

    Steven Johnson, outside.in

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  5. ‘Invention Of Air’ Explains Discovery Of Oxygen

    How are the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church and ecosystem science linked? Author Steven Johnson tells the story of scientist and theologian Joseph Priestley, a protege of Benjamin Franklin and friend of Thomas Jefferson, in The Invention of Air.

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  6. Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Lawrence Lessig, Shepard Fairey and Steven Johnson

    What is the future for art and ideas in an age when practically anything can be copied, pasted, downloaded, sampled, and re-imagined?

    LIVE from the NYPL and WIRED Magazine kick off the Spring 2009 season with a spirited discussion of the emerging remix culture. Our guides through this new world—who will take us from Jefferson’s Bible to André the Giant to Wikipedia—will be Lawrence Lessig, author of Remix, founder of Creative Commons, and one of the leading legal scholars on intellectual property issues in the Internet age; acclaimed street artist Shepard Fairey, whose iconic Obama "HOPE" poster was recently acquired by the National Portrait Gallery; and cultural historian Steven Johnson, whose new book, The Invention of Air, argues that remix culture has deep roots in the Enlightenment and among the American founding fathers.

    From http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=5206

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  7. Serious Games

    Stephen Berlin Johnson brings a unique perspective to the consideration of the cultural impact of video games. Until recently, the discussion of video games focused primarily on the negative aspects – the violence, immorality and potential for addiction. He points out that this conversation has shifted and is beginning to accept that there are positive benefits inherent in playing video games.

    Johnson argues that judgment of video games should consider the intellectual and problem solving skills they require. The games of today are quite different from those of 25 years ago. They have become more complex and challenging. There is much more required of a player in order to be successful. The player must observe and learn the rules of participation, develop strategies for moving forward, and constantly make decisions based upon feedback received from the game. The development of these strategic and critical thinking skills, balanced with the need for moderation and participation in other activities, make it reasonable to accept that video games can have a positive impact upon society.

    This talk was from the Serious Games session at Pop!Tech. The other speakers in this session were Edward Castronova and Ivan Marovic. The question and answer period for all three speaker can be heard at the end of this talk.

    From: http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail774.html

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  8. Discussion - Lawrence Lessig and Jeff Tweedy with Steven Johnson

    A discussion between Lawrence Lessig and Jeff Tweedy moderated by Steven Johnson. Recorded live at the New York Public Library on April 7 2005.

    From http://www.wilcoworld.net/wired/downloads.html

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/nc-sampling+/1.0/

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  9. Joseph Priestley And ‘The Invention Of Air’

    Author Steven Johnson’s new book, The Invention of Air, is, on the one hand, a supple examination of the man largely credited with the discovery of oxygen. On the other, it’s a subtle reminder of the intellectual glories of bygone days when great thinkers mastered numerous fields, not merely one.

    http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=93525086

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  10. KQED Forum - The Invention of Air

    English scientist, philosopher and theologian Joseph Priestley conducted experiments that led to the discovery of oxygen. But he was also central in the politics and religious life of England and early America. We talk about Priestley with author Steven Johnson.

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