The Fourth Quadrant - Johnson (2010)

For anyone who has read Steven Johnson's Where Good Ideas Come From, you might appreciate that for me it was a case of take-two from the previous post 'The adjacent possible'. How could I not include the chapter "The Fourth Quadrant" especially as the book's 'Conclusion'?

If title was one take, the other was "Oh! How does this relate to h2cm?" After reading and reflecting things fell into place. Johnson wants to represent the history of innovation (no less) using roughly two hundred of the most important innovations and scientific breakthroughs from the past six hundred years, starting with Gutenberg's press, Einstein's theory of relativity, the invention of air conditioning through to the birth of world wide web (pp.218-219).

There are three figures in the chapter spanning 1400-1600; 1600-1800; 1800-present. Johnson's diagram for 1800-present (p.229) is in-part 'mapped' to Hodges' model below.

A few insights into my reasoning. In the Interpersonal domain I am emphasising an individual's primary (and original) motivation for their work and what follows. In the sciences - here PROCESSES are central. As with all models this is an idealisation, so there is a lot of overlap.

Individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic / non-market ------------------------------- mechanistic / market

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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Network

3. Non-Market/Individual Not devised for fiscal gain, individually devised .. amateur scientist, or hobbyist. Spectroscope           Hormones Bunsen Burner             E - mc2 Rechargable Battery      Special Relativity Nitroglycerine        Earth's Core Cell Nucleus          World Wide Web Stethescope         CT Scan ...	1. Market/Individual Devised for fiscal gain, individually devised i.e. Air Conditioner Mason Jar Tesla Coil Gatling Gun Nylon Vulcanized Rubber Programmable Computer Transistor ...
4. Non-Market/Network Not devised for fiscal gain, collectively devised. Open source envirnoment or academia. Braille      Periodic Table     RNA Splicing Chloroform        EKG    Aspirin Cell Division    Global Warming Benzene Structure        Continental Drift Hereditary       Superconductors ...	2. Market/Network Devised for fiscal gain, collectively devised, multiple firms interact Airplane    Lightbulb    Steel   Automobile Induction Motor      Radio  Contact Lenses    Welding Machine Moving Assembly Line   Motion Picture Camera Locomotive     Vacuum Cleaner Electric Motor     Washing machine Refrigerator      Vacuum Tube Telegraph      Helicopter ...

Johnson, Steven (2010) Where Good Ideas Come From, London: Allen Lane.