Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter

I stumbled onto a radio interview of author Steven Johnson this morning on NPR. I thought, "Could this be the Steven Johnson that I have blogrolled?". When I heard him talking about the interconnectivity of the connections and plots on Dallas, Hill Street Blues, and "24", I knew it was him! I am a fan and I have blogged about one of his previous books, Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. I am happy to have his as one of only 24 blogs on my blogroll.

I love his intellectual approach to things, and now I know why I like the Fox's "24" so much, and have since the first season. It's the ONE program I watch, and for a guy who lives "connected and connecting", its neat to find out why we do certain things.

His new book is call "Everything Bad Is Good For You" and can be ordered from Amazon here. I've just ordered a copy and hope you will too.