Wrap It Up

At the end of Postman's book he distinguishes between laughter and actually thinking it through. He says that we really dont know why we are laughing when we aren't using any thought process. In his book, he pretty much sums up all the dangers of television. Typography has decended due to television and newer technology. Take blogger for example, now were doing our homework on the internet. This is postman's argument wrapped up in a nutshell. We're going along with everything that comes our way, laughing without thinking, and all this he says comes from the creation of the television.

Technology is the New Standard

Dr. Postman described in his interview the effects technology has done to us, that make us truly rely on its use and have taken over the way that we live. Postman says we are becoming "pets" to technology. He says how there are some many different ways communication is accesible without being in the same room as someone else, such as facebook, myspace, e-mail and others. As a society we have become so dependent on the use of technology that cloning humans is right around the corner. Pretty soon cloning will become natural in the world, as animals have been tested on and humans are next. Technology is the master and we are the students, and before we know it we will be answering to technology.