01186cam a2200289 4500 130122532 TxAuBib 20080416120000.0 050118s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005042769 9781573223072 1573223077 (OCoLC)57514882 DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Johnson, Steven, 1968- Everything bad is good for you [ANF] : how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter / Steven Johnson. New York : Riverhead Books, 2005. xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Publisher's Weekly. Presents an examination of popular culture in America, and suggests--with examples from research--that vehicles of mass media and entertainment such as television and video games are evidence of an increasingly sophisticated cognitive culture that makes the mind measurable sharper than in the past. Adult. 20080416. Popular culture. Intellect. TXGPL