About Steven Johnson
Welcome to Steven Johnson’s newsletter, Adjacent Possible
This is a newsletter about innovation—past, present, and future. It explores the two questions that have really been at the center of my work for more than two decades: where do good ideas come from, and how can we keep those ideas from turning against us? If you’re wondering what to expect from this newsletter, here are some of my favorite posts from the archives:
Change Of Seasons: Our ancestors may have shifted back and forth between different work routines and social structures, often in tune with the seasons. Would that be a better way to live?
We Need A Standard Unit Of Measure For Risk: More than three decades ago a Stanford professor proposed a uniform way of expressing your odds of dying from a specific cause: the micromort. It’s time it went mainstream.