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Steven Johnson is a renowned author, born on June 6, 1968. His works cover a range of topics including innovation, urban development, and technology, and have been well-received by readers.

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“Some great minds become great by turning the rubble of an exploded paradigm into something consistent and meaningful. Others become great by laying the gunpowder, grain by grain. Every important revolution needs both kinds of minds to complete itself.”

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Book:The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America

Source: The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America

“Chance favors the connected mind.”

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Book:Where Good Ideas Come From

Source: Where Good Ideas Come From

“Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they also share one other defining attribute. They have a lot of hobbies.”

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Book:Where Good Ideas Come From

Source: Where Good Ideas Come From

“Organizations that empower folks further down the chain or try to get rid of the big hierarchal chains and allow decision making to happen on a more local level end up being more adaptive and resilient because there are more minds involved in the problem.”

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Author:Steven Johnson