At the end of chapter eleven, Postman makes the distinction between being aware and being unaware of our changing culture. He wants to verify that the problem isn’t that we are being entertained. The true problem is that we are always being entertained and don’t even notice it. We are unaware of the effects that this entertainment overload is having on our thinking capabilities. This unawareness is the danger that our society is facing. If no one sees the problem, then there is nothing to fix. Postman's purpose of his book is to bring this problem to our attention so that we may realize that there is a problem and fix it before we "amuse ourselves to death".
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