After finishing Amusing
Ourselves to Death, about a week ago,
I’ve noticed how our society has been changed due to the entrance of a television-based
culture. A product of this culture is that many people think visually, that is
with imagery, instead of using the printed word. I looked favorably upon the
fact that Postman drew upon many examples beginning with the Age of Reason,
colloquially referred to as The Enlightenment. My favorite part of the book was
when Postman uncovered the effects on society that both the telegraph and photograph
created.
Postman did a remarkable job on demonstrating the function and
effects of the television in today’s modern society. The television has been
selfish in controlling most of today’s discourse. We are moving in the path of
a Huxleyan society. We cannot backtrack in time to undo the intellectually
tragedy that the television has created. It is thus imperative that we ask ourselves
the following: How and can we alleviate the effects of a Huxleyan Society on
our road towards progression.
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