abstract:Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter is a non-fiction book written by Steven Berlin Johnson. Published in 2005, it is based upon Johnson's theory that popular culture – in particular television programs and video games – has grown more complex and demanding over time and is improving the society within terms of intelligence and idea.
As Steven Johnson explained in EverythingBadIsGoodForYou, video games teach you how to telescope -- to think about the distant ramifications of the decisions you make in split seconds.