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.