Summary Of Amusing Ourselves To Death By Neil Postman

In the book by Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Postman states that the Age of Television has negatively affected people’s public discourse, and it has become the dominant media. More specifically, Postman sees that the Age of Technology has the same effects as the television where people become bias of its context. In chapter eleven, Postman fears that the pleasure of the technology will start to take over where people have become addicted to it, and this will support a 2014 update on Postman’s perspective about technology. Postman worries that the existence of technology has been acknowledged as a serious threat in people’s culture and in people’s way of thinking. Postman states: “To be unaware that a technology comes equipped

The first example shows that children are spending too much time on technology. Taylor shows: “Given that a 2009 Kaiser Foundation survey found that children 8-18 yrs. old spend more than 7.5 hour a day in front of non-school related screens, such as, TV, video games, etc.” Taylor demonstrates that these children have less time reading books and doing their assignments. Technology has demonstrably affected children’s intellectual and academic development. Furthermore, Steve Jobs has a parenting style to his children where he often banning all gadgets on school night and have limits on technology during weekends. Jobs asserts: “I’m having dinner at the table, discussing books and history. No one ever pulled out an iPad/computer.” Jobs portrays that he has disciplined his children in terms of using technology, so that his kids will not be addicted at all to devices. The third example is where many internet companies are giving products or services for free. Miller says: “Amazon, Google and others give us all stuff for free or lower prices, so we love them.” Miller portrays that these technology causes people to be obsessed with prices. Postman’s viewpoint is right in terms of what technology brings to people’s