Book Review: Future Perfect: The Case For Progress In A Networked Age by Steven Johnson
True progress, though constantly discussed and pursued, can be difficult to identify. Steven Johnson argues, in his latest book “Future Perfect,” that incremental advancements on various fronts — social, political, economic, technological and cultural — have been made for the past 40 or 50 years. The catch is, people generally underestimate the amount of progress, and they also misunderstand where it came from. ...