In my last post I discussed Steven Johnson’s book How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World, and I couldn’t resist another post about it. It’s such a cool book, if you haven’t read it.
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I’m reading a book by the always-fascinating Steven Johnson, called How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World. His premise is that certain key innovations, such as the discovery of glass and refrigeration, set in motion… Read More
U.S. Presidents Millard Fillmore and Andrew Johnson had once both been indentured servants. Johnson was indentured to a tailor, and ran away. Fillmore, indentured to a cloth maker, bought his freedom for thirty dollars.