Everything Bad Is Good For You (2005)
posted on Dec 16 2005
Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter (2005) by Steven Johnson, Riverhead.
In his fourth book, Everything Bad Is Good for You, iconoclastic science writer Steven Johnson (who used himself as a test subject for the latest neurological technology in his last book, Mind Wide Open) takes on one of the most widely held preconceptions of the postmodern world--the belief that video games, television shows, and other forms of popular entertainment are detrimental to Americans' cognitive and moral development. Everything Good builds a case to the contrary that is engaging, thorough, and ultimately convincing.
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