Is TV Making Us Smarter?

This article says so. Pop culture is increasing our collective IQ's because plots are more complicated for today's sophisticated audiences. Even video games are more complex than ever. But "reading books chronically understimulates the senses...books are simply a barren string of words on the page..."

So I guess Charlotte Mason was wrong! I'd better go tell my kids to "close that book and do something more mind-stretching. Go watch TV!" ;)

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/articles/050516crbo_books