How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

How are Hollywood and the invention of Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth connected? This audiobook opens the door for us to the world of brilliant ideas that changed the world.

Stephen Johnson is the author of eleven bestsellers, including “Where Good Ideas Come From,” one of the creators of the Emmy-winning series “How We Got to This Point,” and the host of the podcast “American Innovations.”

Stephen Johnson explores the centuries-long history of innovation—from the first sparks in the minds of amateurs, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to the unpredictable but fascinating influence that such inventions have had on our modern world.

The book is packed with surprising stories of accidental brilliance and brilliant mistakes— from a French publisher who invented the phonograph but forgot to turn it on, to a Hollywood movie star whose influence helped create Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth. “They Invented the Telegraph, Then the iPhone: Brilliant Ideas That Changed the World” opens a door into the history of the secrets behind ordinary objects of modern life.