Lack of knowledge=tragedy?

Postman attemps to tell us that we are falling so far away from typography that soon anything will be entertainment for us. We won't listen or care about anything and we won't have any valuable knowledge. Typography is falling away as our main way of communication and Postman makes the point that eventually this will lack of knowledge will end in disaster.  This information is revealed in the last paragraph of chapter 11 when Postman makes a distinction that is similar to that of Aldous Huxley's point in "Brave New World." He tries to make the point that we will become so uneducated that we will want entertainment in anything and everything till we end up literally "Amusing Ourselves to Death".

The effectiveness of a whiteboard

Friday was a very intersting day to say the least. There were some teachers that laughed at us and thought it was humorous to make us do things with the whiteboards. Others were not so fond of the idea and made us break the rules of speech. During band, Brian Centala was quite bored because he had no one to talk with. he tried many ways to try to get me to talk but I stood strong. He then resorted to taking my keys and he told me he would give the keys back as soon as I talked. I didn't. I eventually got my keys back after chapel and everything was okay after school. I think, in not talking the whole day, we were not the only ones affected because everyone else had to try and guess what we were trying say as well. They also had to look at us differently because of the actions we were portraying. So our image was effected just as others look at the image of some in the world of politics and such. All-in-all, it was a fun day for me!

To text or to talk? That is the question

In both the interview and the book, Postman talks about out how we are becoming "pets" to technology. He goes on to say that we use so many different ways of communication that aren't actually face-to-face conversations such as Facebook, texting, e-mail etc. This technology is taking over our lives and people need to somehow turn away from at least some of this because as Postman notes, this technology is affecting our public discourse.

Also, Postman reveals that the image in a persons life becomes what is most important to them. In the interview, he gives examples of cloning and how things will be able to just be created one day so people will not have to worry about what happens to them because they can just replace it with the same thing! He also discussing image in the book in a way that the public views politicans and athletes can be based on outward appearance. He gives the example that President Taft would never be able to become the president today because he is too fat. This just furthers Postman's point that people care too much about image and are/will start to rely on technology to improve image.