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.
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