Postman's Interview

One situation that Postman parallels in this interview to his book "Amusing Ourselves to Death" is the fact that media is taking over. People believed that all the technology would not be able to transform into the new millenium without getting messed up somehow. All of this was believe simply because the media portrayed it as a bigger deal than necessary. People don't think things through on their own anymore, simply because they do not have to. The media "thinks through" situations for society and tells them what they ought to believe on that subject or circumstance. Our opinions are beginning to be controlled by the media and can't even recognize it.
A second point that Postman makes in his interview is that "humans will become the pets of their computers." He is continuing to make the point that he made in his book that humans are being controlled by technology and are losing touch with resources that could be much more beneficial even if they are not at fast, colorful, or exciting. We are losing contact with individuality and formulating our own opinions to listening to what we are being told and following it.