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Everything Bad Is Good for You
Everything Bad Is Good for You
Author: Steven Johnson
ISBN-13: 9780141018683
ISBN-10: 0141018682
Publication Date: 9/30/2006
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Everything Bad Is Good for You on + 216 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
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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Helpful Score: 2
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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