When Johnson wrote, “Of course, the entertainment industry isn’t increasing the cognitive complexity of its products for charitable reasons. The Sleeper Curve exists because there’s money to be made by making culture smarter,” he is saying that TV is good for people. TV now makes people think about what is going on instead of just telling them. TV shows now have many different story lines throughout one episode to make the viewer make inferences to see if they actually know what is going on. I agree with Johnson’s point of view for this article. TV definitely makes people think and it helps the mind.
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