In Steven Johnson's essay 'Watching TV Makes You Smarter' he talks about this theory called the Sleeper Curve and how it can actually have a positive outcome on us as we watch these shows that are so called "bad for us". He then goes on to talk about how most sitcoms are not challenging us to engage our minds, and that the intellectual work is more or less happening on the screen than it is Off the screen.
My initial thoughts are that this man is so right! Too often are people my age and younger told by older generations that what we do, watch, listen to is "bad" and will only lead to negative outcomes, when it's just pure ignorant people who actually choose to take the violence they see on TV and use it in real life. I believe that these violent TV shows and video games can show a child or teen ager what isn't acceptable in society, such as gang violence, drug use, and profanity.
I didn't quite understand the graphs that he used in this essay to illustrate the "total number of active threads" so hopefully someone could help me understand them!
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