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Radical Candor: Communication at Work · 2026-05-20 · 46 min · 8,183 words

How a 19th-Century Bombing Shaped Modern Surveillance (with Steven Johnson)

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Hello everybody and welcome to the Radical Sabbatical. I'm Kim Scott and I'm interviewing the authors of books that I love, which is tons of fun. With me today is Stephen Johnson, who is the author of an incredible book that I have read. twice. I'll show it to you.

It's on my Libro FM, The Infernal Machine. So I recommend it highly. Steven is also famous. Yeah, there you go, the hard, the hardback. I listen to everything now.

Stephen is also the creator of Notebook LM. So welcome Stephen. I'm thrilled to have you today. Oh Kim, it's so great to be here. Tons of fun.

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