Wait... what's so funny?

Postman makes the distinction between those not knowing why they were laughing or why they had stopped thinking to those who are laughing instead of thinking.  He illustrates to us that "we are in a race between education and disaster." The media of our time is ruining the desire to learn. Which sums up his whole book, Postman isn't against all television or electronics, he is against the negative affects it has on the community. Through the cahnges and improvements, people have lost track of the original purpose. Not just merely using entertainment as a substitute for more important information.