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Steven Johnson wants to know how enlightenment happens

The TED Interview

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I Love That Idea of the Nextel Possible

i remember back in the day when when jaffan gave hiss ademot ted multi touch, showing a multi touch inter face for the first time. I absolutely love that idea of the adjacent possible. In fact, think of it now, as almost the number one goal of ted is to op create, or certainly amplify, news about what the adjacent possible looks like. You know, we've had numerous stories of people solving really hard problems by imagining people equipped with smart phones doing amazing things that they couldn't do before. And so thiss this view of how how the weld change s is, is completely thrilling to me.

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