Steven Johnson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Co-founder and Editorial Director of NotebookLM at Google Labs.
Co-founded FEED (the first Web-only magazine in 1995), Plastic.com (a Webby-winning community site in 2000), and outside.in (acquired by AOL in 2010).
Author of 14 nonfiction books, including 'The Ghost Map,' 'Where Good Ideas Come From,' and the Edgar-winning 'The Infernal Machine.'
Co-creator and host of the Emmy-winning PBS/BBC series 'How We Got To Now' and 'Extra Life,' and host of 'American Innovations' and 'The TED Interview' podcasts.
Served on the advisory boards of Medium, Nerve, and Next Big Idea.

Biography

Steven Johnson is the Co-founder and Editorial Director of NotebookLM at Google Labs, an AI-powered research tool he co-founded in 2022. He is the author of 14 nonfiction books, including 'The Ghost Map,' 'Where Good Ideas Come From,' and the Edgar-winning 'The Infernal Machine.' His books focus on science, technology, and innovation, and have been nominated for awards such as The Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism and the National Academies Communication Award.