Steven Johnson
Author of Where Good Ideas Come From and The Ghost Map; works on NotebookLM at Google.
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- Steven Johnson is an American popular science and history author, TV and podcast host.
- He has written thirteen books, including Everything Bad Is Good for You, The Ghost Map and Where Good Ideas Come From.
- He co-created the online magazine FEED, Plastic.com and outside.in, hosted the PBS series How We Got to Now, and has hosted the podcast American Innovations from 2018.
- He joined Google Labs in 2022 to work on NotebookLM.
Key facts
- Born
- 6 June 19681
- Books
- Thirteen, including Interface Culture, Everything Bad Is Good for You (2005), The Ghost Map (2006), Where Good Ideas Come From and Future Perfect (2012)1
- Co-created
- FEED, Plastic.com and outside.in1
- TV and podcasts
- How We Got to Now (PBS and BBC Two, 2014); Extra Life, with David Olusoga (2021); American Innovations (Wondery, from May 2018)1
- Google Labs, working on NotebookLM, from summer 20221
- Education
- Brown University (semiotics); graduate degree in English literature, Columbia University1
Roles
Part of
- GoogleOrganization
Google Labs, working on NotebookLM (as of 2026) · since 2022 source on Google
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