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.