Everything Bad is Good for You
by Steven Johnson and Book Source Staff
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Forget everything you've read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, intelligent, and convincing endorsement of today's mass entertainment, national bestselling author Steven Johnson argues that the pop culture we soak in every day-from The Lord of the Rings to Grand Theft Auto to The Simpsons-has been growing more and more sophisticated and, far from rotting our brains, is actually posing new cognitive challenges that are making our minds measurably sharper. You will never regard the glow of the video game or television screen the same way again.
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Everything Bad is Good for You
May 2, 2006, Riverhead Trade
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in English
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Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Popular Culture Is Making Us Smarter
2006, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Everything bad is good for you: how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter
2005, Riverhead Books
in English
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Everything bad is good for you: how's today's popular culture is actually making us smarter
2005, Riverhead Books
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"You CAN'T GET much more conventional than the conventional wisdom that kids today would be better off spending more time reading books, and less time zoning out in front of their video games."
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