Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Popular Culture Is Making Us Smarter
It appears that the kids are alright after all…
In his latest book, Steven Johnson argues that far from rotting out brains, popular culture is becoming more intelectually demanding and is actually good for us.
Popular culture is often seen as nothing more than the production of endless entertainment video games, computer games, hand-held games, movies and music on computers. It’s common currency to talk about the declining standards of today’s culture to say that modern media is dumbing us down. In this complex and tautly written book, Steven Johnson presents a radical alternative: mass culture is making us smarter by consistently demanding more of our brains. So whether you watch The Sopranos or Survivor, turn on and tune in.
Thursday 21 Jul 2005 | Paul | Books
