The distinction that Neil Postman makes in the last paragraph of chapter 11 is that our society as a whole is not only that we are laughing and not thinking but also, we do not no what it is that we are laughing about. This statement matters because entertainment is starting to control us. We rely on it so much. It involves absolutly no thinking, which is dumbing us down. The worst part about entertainment involving no thinking is that we do not even know what it is doing to us. We continue to watch television and do not relize that it is making us stupid. Even if our society did relize what it was doing, I do not think that we would try to do anything about it because it is what we rely on so heavily.

Philosophy and dry-erase boards

Friday's experiment was very difficult over all. It was almost impossible to communicate what you were trying to say by only using a dry-erase board or by acting it out. Most people could not understand what you were trying to tell them. Sometimes you could not help but talk. It was very quite at the lunch table because everyone at my table was not able to talk. Many times you were not able to answer the questions teachers asked you because they could not understand what you were trying to tell them.

Postmans Speech vs. Postmans Book

In Dr. Postman's speech he talks about how today, humans are talking to machines more than they are talking or interacting to other humans. This relates to what Postman in his book "Amusing Ourselves To Death", he talks about how humans are way to consumed with social networks. He says according to the book "Being Digital" that we will soon be talking to a toaster or a doorknob and it will be just as comfortable as talking to an answering machine. This validates Postmans theory that humans use technology to much. Another argument he makes to convince his audience about how we are becoming to consumed with technology is that we are becoming to comfortable with it. For example, a soldier gets used to killing. In the same way, people will adapt to talking to machines. Postman gets across the same point in the book and the video, the changes taking place in society are not improvements. He feels that this is actually hurting our culture.