Steven Johnson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Steven Johnson

One key ingredient seems to be walking at your natural pace, being physically active but not so active that you have to think about it, as Daniel Kahneman describes it in Thinking, Fast and Slow… https://t.co/JbfYDWBjkj

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There’s a wonderful version of the cholera story from Ghost Map in a book designed for younger readers: The Great Trouble, by Deborah Hopkinson. #extralifeproject https://t.co/qKDrZLS04k

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A long thread from yesterday introducing my new project -- Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer. Including a new @PBS series and a new book from @riverheadbooks, both arriving May 11. If you enjoyed How We Got To Now, you'll want to check it out. https://t.co/AHENA15eWJ

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I highly recommend Prescod-Weinstein's book, The Disordered Cosmos, particularly the chapter on the physics and social history of melanin—science writing at its best, IMHO. (We cover some of the material from that chapter in the podcast.)

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I mention this in the Substack post, but if you enjoyed Dawn Of Everything, I also think James C. Scott's Against the Grain is an important contribution to this re-framing of human history. https://t.co/hUHi4h0l7k

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And by the way, @Egangoonsquad's latest, The Candy House, is one of the most exciting novels I’ve read in years. (Even better than Good Squad, IMHO, and I loved Goon Squad.)

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There's a lot of history covered in this piece, so a quick shoutout to a few terrific books if people are interested in diving deeper. First, Toxic Truth by Lydia Denworth on the battle to prove how dangerous lead was. https://t.co/fUCSvL6ujB