I don't know how many commentaries in our culture it could be said to be more relevant now than when they were written 25 years ago, but this one can. If we were distracted and distractible then, demanding television-style stimulation even on serious subjects, we certainly are now. Television's defining role has simply been replaced by stimuli from many different directions. Postman rightly cautions us to be wary of the impact of how a message is delivered on the message itself.I was disappointed, though, that he didn't offer remedies or inspire a countering vision. Especially as someone who makes some Christian references, this seems to me to be an obligation. Is not Christ is still sovereign? Did He not use the format available to Him when He walked the earth, even with all of their limitations? He told stories in a culture that told stories. He celebrated festivals in a culture that celebrated festivals. He used the tools available to foment change, and some encouragement in this direction would have been nice.

Definitely one of the most important books I ever read in my life! It is widely said that each book teaches you something.. but this book taught me more things that I can recall. It is a book that was written in 1985 but it is talking about the major problem we are having to day when it come to technology when used as a source of information. This book will change your attitude toward the current media outlets whether it is TV, radio, internet, or social media. It proves that we are becoming less intelligent because these technologies are depriving us from true knowledge and proper knowledge path. The book also shows how everything is becoming a show business, from religion, to politics, to science! The book had a prophecy about the impact of entertainment as a major form of aggression, not by governments but by ourselves.. how we lost knowledge about what matter to us and became distracted by the enormous amount of information that we don't use or need.. We are controlled by ignorance.. by what the media is enforcing unto us.. we don't have the choice anymore..We are amusing ourselves to death and becoming egoistic individuals with ONE purpose... More entertainment and more attemtion... regardless of the form ...Everything lost its value.. religion, death, life, real news, and most importantly education ... Read it ... dont think twice !

Wow, what a read! This is a book that everyone should read. Postman has diagnosed the problem that most of us didn't even know existed. The trouble is there really is no easy cure. Each person must act upon his solution individually and take responsibility for himself and his family.I have never given so much thought to how to educate my children as I have in the past twenty-four hours that I have been reading this book.