The Question and Answer section for Amusing Ourselves to Death is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people...
Postman's tone is serious and informational, as he presents his critque in the book, Amusing Ourselves to Death.
From the text:
But from the seventeenth century to the late nineteenth century, printed matter was virtually all that was available. There were no movies to see, radio to hear, photographic displays to look at, records to play. There was no...