Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death Analysis

Twenty-one years after Neil Postman wrote Amusing Ourselves to Death, sure thing, what he predicted in it, is what is happening in todays life. For many people, technology is their primary connection to the outside world from themselves, even me. Postman was right about how the media is now entertainment rather than fact revealing to people of this generation and the printed word is more of, if you have time. Citation and names of people with what they have done is found in this book to show us how things started and the way that is has ended.
A rhetorical strategy that Postman used was names of well known people. Throughout the book, there were some people that did things to enhance the technology and some to decrease it. The ones that did try to increase the technology are being successful in commercials and shows. For example, on page 114 Postman wrote "Pat Robertson is the master of ceremonies of the highly successful "700 Club," a television show and religious organization of sorts to which you can belong by paying fifteen dollars per month." That is one of the many people that he told about, and how media is now entertainment. Meanwhile on page 40, Alfred Bunn was taking a tour through America and was seeing the lecture halls in some villages and said how that is what should be happening instead of the media. By Postman using this type of strategy, I was able to see how little things were more affecting in the long run.
On the other hand, Postman cites many things in this book. I haven't seen very many authors do that, but it helps. This isn't formal citation, it tells you that he's going to stop talking about a subject and will continue later or he reflects to something he has already told. This strategy helped because he didn't just leave you hanging, but he told you that later you would find out more about that subject. Postman also cited sayings that used to be said in those times, for example, on page 33, "From public schools shall general knowledge flow, For 'tis the people's sacred right to know." He actually cited this quote and others to show what people thought about the same types of issues that he was dealing with in this book. Without knowing the people, I got a feel of what they were getting to.
Twenty-one years after Neil Postman wrote Amusing Ourselves to Death, sure thing, what he predicted in it, is what is happening in todays life. I fully agree to his argument that we do depend a lot on the media especially as entertainment and he was right about us, twenty-one years ago. Now I have been outside more than on technology. Postman used some rhetorical strategies that I hadn't seen that often , it was good that he did use them to present his argument.