From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now
and Farsighted
Forget everything you've ever read about the age of dumbed-down,
instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, unfailingly
intelligent, thoroughly researched, and surprisingly convincing big idea
book, Steven Johnson draws from fields as diverse as neuroscience,
economics, and media theory to argue that the pop culture we soak in
every day--from Lord of the Rings to Grand Theft Auto to The
Simpsons--has been growing more sophisticated with each passing year,
and, far from rotting our brains, is actually posing new cognitive
challenges that are actually making our minds measurably sharper. After
reading Everything Bad is Good for You, you will never regard the glow
of the video game or television screen the same way again.
With a new afterword by the author.