Why Pop Culture Is Good For You
Pop culture is often seen as nothing more than mindless entertainment, but in his new book "Everything Bad is Good For You" Steven…
Pop culture is often seen as nothing more than mindless entertainment, but in his new book "Everything Bad is Good For You" Steven Johnson, author of "Emergence: the connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software", presents a radical alternative; mass culture is continually demanding more of our brains.
Salon.com has a complete run-through of his new book and Steven has also written an article for the New York Times on the subject. Steven will also be discussing his work and the subject later this month with the author of "Disconnected: why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew" Nick Barham, at the watershed media centre Bristol.
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