The only quibble: Johnson’s notion of armies of peer progressives changing the world sounds mighty familiar. In clear and engaging prose, Johnson writes about this emerging movement. “In the long run, diversity trumps ability.” Even the downfall of traditional print journalism is a good thing, “Future Perfect” posits, because peer-written news will produce better reporting. Crucial but less profitable drugs could be developed via government prize-backed challenges. Nascent participatory budgeting efforts, letting citizens vote on how their tax dollars are being spent, could be used by more municipalities the same for 311 call centers, such as New York City’s, which help pinpoint community problems. Naturally, Johnson would like to see his ideas applied widely. On the dark side, nimble peer networks also work great for Al Qaeda. Companies that empower employees to make management decisions, so-called public stakeholder firms such as Whole Foods, are more profitable than more hierarchical ones.
Already, he claims, peer networks have driven the protest movements of Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring. In the second half of the book, Johnson draws on multidisciplinary examples to demonstrate his thesis.
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