Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson

Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter

Culture Smart!

Steven Johnson

6 hours, 8 minutes first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction psychology sociology reflective medium-paced
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This book is ideal for intellectually curious readers who enjoy challenging conventional wisdom about modern media's impact on cognitive development and societal intelligence.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and FarsightedForget everything you've ever read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, unfailingly intelligent, thoroughly researched, and ...

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