Everything bad is good for you

I know, I'm getting off topic here. There are toys out there that need to be found and written about. I'll get back on the toy wagon soon, I promise. In the meantime, my earlier post about video games brought up two important points. One was that I had somehow turned off the comments, they are back on now so feel free to comment away. The second was to point me towards a book that I heard about awhile ago but had since forgotten. It's called Everything Bad is Good for You by Steve Johnson. His basic argument is that things are so much more complex now than they were a generation ago that it is quite possible that the sheer complexity of everyday living (especially entertainment and pop culture) is making us smarter.

Gracias to Jennifer at Connectwithyourteens Blog for catching the comment problem and reminding me about this book. Give her a visit, especially if you have teenagers.