24 compared to Jane Austen
June 27, 2005
Cub Reporter Julie B. should like this one…in his new book, Everything Bad Is Good For You, Steven Johnson claims that the popular culture of television and films and the internet and video games all contribute to make us smarter. Karen Heller’s review in the Philadelphia Inquirer contained the following tidbit:
Fearless in his convictions, Johnson states that “the social network of 24 mirrors the social network you frequently encounter in the small-town or estate novels of Jane Austen or George Eliot,” albeit with bombs.
We liked this bit:
Taking a Panglossian view, Johnson said “the Internet may be causing people to read less, and write more.”
Two words: Fan fiction. 
Thanks to our Janeite Spy for the heads-up.
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Wow. CTU=Meryton. Let me think on that.
Now that I think about it, enduring a social call by Mrs. Bennet might be roughly equivalent to the tortue Jack handed out to some terrorists (and whoops!not really terrorists) this season….