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Everything Bad Is Good for You
Everything Bad Is Good for You
Author: Steven Johnson
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Mind Wide Open comes a groundbreaking assessment of popular culture as it's never been considered before: through the lens of intelligence. — The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780141018683
ISBN-10: 0141018682
Publication Date: 9/30/2006
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Book Type: Paperback
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The author uses sociological and intellectual analysis to discuss how film, television, the internet and videogames are actually creating more analytical members of society, despite the anti-technology hype. The first few pages are a bit dry but keep reading, the tone is casual and even funny later on.
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A very interesting read. The author points out that pop culture has actually become more complicated over time and believes that the increase in complexity is making us smarter.

While I don't agree with many of his assertions (video games are as good or better than reading? not when you factor in brain utilization), his rhetoric is quite interesting and his arguments are compelling.
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