You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun.

Johnson compellingly argues that observers of technological and social trends should be looking for clues in novel amusements. In Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World, Steven Johnson argues that many of our most important innovationsfrom probability theory to artificial intelligencehave their origins in human. He introduces us to the colourful innovators of leisure: the explorers, proprietors, showmen, and artists who changed the trajectory of history with their luxurious wares, exotic meals, taverns, gambling tables, and magic shows. Johnson's storytelling is just as delightful as the inventions he describes, full of surprising stops along the journey from simple concepts to complex modern systems. He finds that throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused. In Wonderland, his brilliant work on the history of innovation, international bestseller Steven Johnson argues that the pursuit of novelty and wonder has always been a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. For speaking inquiries contact wesn at leigh bureau dot com. Host of the PBS series Extra Life and How We Got To Now and the podcast American Innovations. What connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the Murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How does the bag of crisps you hold in your hand help tell the story of humanity itself? I’m Steven Johnson, author of 13 books, most recently Extra Life. 'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson, author of Steve Jobs 'The book is a house of wonders' The New York Times Wonderland by Steven Johnson examines how personal interests in the areas of Fashion & Shopping, Music, Tastes, Illusions, Games and Public Spaces have developed and evolved into today’s world. Steven Johnson is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Where Good Ideas Come From, How We Got to Now, The Ghost Map, and Extra Life.

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