Everything Bad Is Good for You (32 page)

Steven Johnson is the bestselling author of
Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
;
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
; and
Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate
. He currently writes the “Emerging Technology” column for
Discover
magazine, is a contributing editor to
Wired
, writes for
Slate
and
The New York Times Magazine
, and lectures widely. He lives in New York City with his wife and their two sons. He can be reached on the Web at www.stevenberlinjohnson.com.