Amusing Ourselves to Death, continued.

Postman's argument really takes shape in the last few chapters, especially regarding religion, politics, and news. By commercializing these things, they are greatly warped and turned into a form of entertainment that ultimately eliminates a dialogue and inhibits many from actually learning anything. While entertainment is not inherently bad in the slightest, disguising news, religion and education as entertainment sets a precedence that makes the general public disinterested in anything that is not first and foremost, a form of entertainment. 

Another rather nice aspect of the book is that Postman, after spending almost 160 pages addressing a problem, also made the attempt to provide solutions. While they were a bit idealistic and most likely unattainable, I always have a great deal of respect for intellectuals who can criticize social structures, but also offer solutions.