Everything Bad is Good for You
 

Everything Bad is Good for You

by Steven Johnson

In his fourth book, Everything Bad Is Good for You, iconoclastic science writer Steven Johnson (who used himself as a test subject for the latest neurological technology in his last book, Mind Wide Open) takes on one of the most widely held preconceptions of the postmodern world--the belief that video games, television shows, and other forms of popular entertainment are detrimental to... (read more)

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jmadigan
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This is one of the most brilliant books I've read in a while. Here, let me repeat that for truth:

This book. Brilliant. Totally.

But let's back up a second and I'll explain why. In Everything Bad is Good For You, Steven Johnson describes a phenomenon he calls "the sleeper curve." Basically, it holds that the vessels of pop culture --mass media like TV shows, video games, and the Internet in particular-- have grown steadily more complex and cognitively demanding over the last...

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Så... det at jeg brukte tid på å lese denne boka var en god ting?

Kort fortalt er dette et forsøk på å rettferdiggjøre at vi ser så mye på tv og spiller så mange dataspill. Serier og dataspill blir utvilsomt smartere og mer komplekse, i takt med at seerne utvikler en mer raffinert tilnærming til mediene, men det betyr ikke nødvendigvis at vi bør slutte å lese bøker...

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