Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Are We Too Gone for Postman?


It is suggested by Postman in the last chapter of Amusing Ourselves to Death, “The Huxleyan Warning,” that basically if people are warned about the dangers of television and are more aware, by perhaps reading his book, they would be less vulnerable to television controlling their lives. Television is seemingly harmless, but it is really harming us (as suggested by the Huxleyan Warning, something seemingly harmless is harmful). The vast majority of people do not realize that they are thinking less in depth because of it. My question is, would our society today, if educated about this belief, change according to the way Postman would want? Or would most people not care, maybe not even think deeply about a book that is supposed to make us realize we aren’t thinking deeply enough? I feel like too much of our society would blow it off, or not even read Amusing Ourselves to Death if they were told to, to noticeably change. Postman does have a really good argument, no matter how much I do not want to admit it, but I would have a very hard time converting from the television culture in the way Postman suggests, and I am not even as roped in as some people.

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