It Doesn't Matter What They're Talking About...

In the last paragraph of "Amusing Ourselves To Death" Postman distinguishes laughing and thinking. He makes the point that the age of Typography has declined so much that now society laughs at anything and everything. The distinction is important because society's idea of being entertained is now by not thinking as much as possible. We now are entertained by the smallest show that we do not have to think about. It's easy to America has also become unaware of the serious topics going on around the world because we have stopped caring about the important things in life.

I Love to Talk

My experience on Friday was a struggle, but I was able to get through it. One of the hardest times was when I was trying to communicate to a teacher that I had lost my paper and needed a new one. Since I couldn't talk, she did not understand and I just gave up and sat down defeated. I never got the paper, but both I and the teacher were very frusterated. I greatly appreciate being able to talk now more than I did!

Will We Ever Go Back?

Dr. Postman brought the same ideas to his speech at Calvin College as he did when he wrote Amusing Ourselves To Death. In chapter 1, Postman tells of what people use as mediums in their lives and how not all work now. Smoke signals that were once used do not bring about a clear message as society can today, he argues. Today's media and news also do not bring across what people can understand because of the complexity, but America is now reliant on new technology and not the simple things in life. Postman argued in his video that, "All our inventions are but improved means to an unimproved end." Is he right in saying that soon enough our society will start talking to door knobs? Postman also brings up the point in his video about cloning. God made us unique for a purpose and to make a second one of you is not what he planned. Are we going to clone just so we can live longer, if we need a new heart our clone will be the perfect match? In Amusing Oursleves To Death, Postman talks about the importance of life and how it is true that society now looks at TV and has to be like the hottest star around. We do not need clones or the newest fashion to make life better, but the simple things that has been lost now. If Postman could know one thing, it would most likely be if the American life will ever go back as it was before technology.
*something happened to the font size and I don't know how to change it..sorry!*