Neil Postman: Fear vs. Happiness
When the World Trade Center collapsed, the world was overcome with fear. Now, people fear that they could no longer live their lives the way they used to, oblivious of the dangers around them. People fear that there were not enough security measures being taken to ensure their safety, and began to live a life sheltered as much as possible from all evils. People hate to be afraid. As Orwell believed, what we hate has the potential to ruin us. On the other side of the spectrum, we as a global community love technological advances. The new iPod Video keeps us entertained with music and movies on-the-go, television news beats reading the newspaper any day, and going to the mall 5 minutes away? Cars are the way to go. As Neil Postman puts it, we have come to adore these developments that ultimately, "undo [our] capacities to think." As Huxley prophesized, what we love can potentially ruin us. Postman's assertion made back in 1985 is in vain. As we can......
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