"Riveting... As a deep thinker and gifted storyteller, Johnson is the right author to tackle the topic. He's at his best when analyzing impossibly complex decisions... One of Johnson's thought-provoking points is that [people who excel at long-term thinking] read novels, which are ideal exercises in mental time travel and empathy. I think he's right."--The New York Times Book Review

"Johnson is explicitly focused on real-life decisions that (ideally) involve serious deliberation... [He]reminds us that, fundamentally, choices concern competing narratives, and we're likely to make better choices if we have richer stories, with more fleshed-out characters, a more nuanced understanding of motives, and a deeper appreciation of how decisions are likely to reverberate and resound." --The Wall Street Journal

"Johnson is well-placed to dig into these dilemmas of decision-making, as he gracefully serves up examples ranging from 17th-century urban planning to contemporary artificial intelligence." --Financial Times

"[An] excellent book... altogether insightful." --Brain Pickings

"An anecdote-packed, insight-laden exploration of what works, and what doesn't, when it comes to our most complex decisions, Johnson's latest book makes a convincing case for adding more storytelling to the C-suite and beyond." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Johnson is a succinct, colorful, and skillful writer, and this book is one of those rare works that is highly relevant to the daily functioning of just about everybody." --Publishers Weekly

Praise for Steven Johnson:

"Mr. Johnson's erudition can be quite gobsmacking." --The Wall Street Journal
"A great science writer." --Bill Clinton, speaking at the 2013 Clinton Foundation Health Matters conference

"A first-rate storyteller." --The New York Times

"A maven of the history of ideas." --The Guardian

"Steven Johnson's mind works in wondrous ways." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"[An] excellent book... altogether insightful."