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Everything Bad is Good for You

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Everything Bad is Good for You

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
282
Release Date:
2006-05-02
Publication Date:
2006-05-02
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1594481946
ISBN13:
9781594481949
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Weight:
313 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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