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@stevenbjohnson

Author. (Nine books.) Now TV host. (How We Got To Now, on PBS/BBC.) Startup creator. (FEED, outside.in.) Dad. (Three boys.) Husband. (One wife.)

Brooklyn NY & Marin County CA
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Joined March 2007
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    5 hours ago

    . solving this internet mystery is the best thing you'll read today.

    8:51 AM - 10 Apr 2016 · Details
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  2. Apr 9

    "The quantity is naturally indefinite..."

    When Winston Churchill visited the US during prohibition, his American doctor gave him a prescription for alcohol.
    4 retweets 11 likes
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    Apr 8

    Only on Twitter. Amazing.

    5:53 PM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Apr 8

    Well, we exploded a watermelon with rubber bands

    . to the rest of humanity: "so... what did you all manage to do with *your* week?"
    2 retweets 11 likes
  5. Apr 8

    . to the rest of humanity: "so... what did you all manage to do with *your* week?"

    The 1st stage of the Falcon 9 just landed on our Of Course I Still Love You droneship. Dragon in good orbit
    24 retweets 44 likes
  6. Apr 8

    Terrific, thoughtful essay from Josh to accompany the chart as well. (And I agree about its importance.)

    To appreciate reality of crime wave of late 20th cent, look at chart in this post. Rise/fall murder rates over 50yrs
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    Apr 8

    . on where good ideas come from:

    10:11 AM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details
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  8. Apr 8

    Very excited for this album in general.

    Dear god, this song. Hurts to listen to it, but I can't stop: "Get Out" by Frightened Rabbit ♫
    1 retweet 5 likes
  9. Apr 8

    I wrote this about Tesla and the EV revolution 3+ years ago, and I think the argument would be way stronger today.

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  10. Apr 8

    This will be good...

    We've pulled together a reading list for our April theme - Metropolis, the future of cities
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    Apr 7

    When Chicago needed a sewer system, it was too flat - so one innovator lifted the entire city using jackscrews

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    Apr 6

    “While we might wait years for a Zika vaccine, the genetically modified mosquito is tested, scalable and ready to go“

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    Apr 6

    What Flint can learn from a 19th century innovator 🚿

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    Apr 4

    I have no idea what these people are talking about but I’m pretty sure it’s sportsball of some description

    8:29 PM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Apr 4

    Is there a reason why the typewriter arrived 400 years late?

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    9:45 AM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Apr 1

    is cool, but did you know that Energy Dept. loans helped jumpstart the Model S?

    10:15 AM - 1 Apr 2016 · Details
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  18. Apr 1

    OK, so that video is an April Fool's prank from PATH, but I have been to their product dev shop and it's amazing IRL

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  19. Apr 1

    “PATH’s new Micro Encabulator uses just 3 miniaturized hydrocoptic marzlevanes connected to a quaziluvial waneshaft”

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    Mar 31

    Roof and hatch back all glass . Fun for people to see the stars. These will be everywhere in few years

    9:42 PM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details
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