In the End

In the end of Neil Postman's book he makes a separation between thinking and laughter. He says that people no longer know exactly why they are laughing anymore. And he also states that people have stopped thinking, but they do not know why. This is the danger in the growth of television. This idea pretty much sums up the whole point of Amusing Ourselves to Death. It is the basic reason for the lower rates in typography. Postman's premise of the book lies within this topic. We will all be sucked into the entertaining world of meaningless T.V and laugh along with the world for no good reason. We will all lose our ability to think for ourselves and make insightful decisions.