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# Why Pop Culture Is Good For You
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/why-pop-culture-is-good-for-you/
- Published: 2005-05-02T17:11:47.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-17T00:26:14.000Z
- Description: Pop culture is often seen as nothing more than mindless entertainment, but in his new book "Everything Bad is Good For You" Steven…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

Pop culture is often seen as nothing more than mindless entertainment, but in his new book "[Everything Bad is Good For You](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0713998024/qid=1115028444/sr=8-1/ref=sr%5F8%5Fxs%5Fap%5Fi1%5Fxgl/026-9895137-0001239?ref=protein.xyz)" [Steven Johnson](http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/?ref=protein.xyz), author of "[Emergence: the connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140287752/qid=1115028471/sr=1-1/ref=sr%5F1%5F2%5F1/026-9895137-0001239?ref=protein.xyz)", presents a radical alternative; mass culture is continually demanding more of our brains.

![](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/04/22/magazine/24tv.large.jpg)

Salon.com has a [complete run-through](http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/05/01/johnson/index.html?ref=protein.xyz) of his new book and Steven has also written an [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/magazine/24TV.html?ex=1115179200&en=c41e4251c101d4a4&ei=5070&oref=login&ref=protein.xyz) for the New York Times on the subject. Steven will also be discussing his work and the subject [later this month](http://calendar.proteinos.com/viewtopic.php?t=517&ref=protein.xyz) with the author of "[Disconnected: why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0091895863/qid=1115029079/sr=8-1/ref=sr%5F8%5Fxs%5Fap%5Fi1%5Fxgl/026-9895137-0001239?ref=protein.xyz)" Nick Barham, at the [watershed media centre](http://www.watershed.co.uk/?ref=protein.xyz) Bristol.