About the author
Neil Postman was an American educator and media theorist who studied how forms of communication organize public knowledge. He taught at New York University and wrote for general readers about television, education, childhood, language, and technology.
Amusing Ourselves to Death argues that television remakes serious subjects as entertainment. Technopoly widens the inquiry to a culture that lets technical systems define the problems worth recognizing.
Where to start
Start with Amusing Ourselves to Death for Postman's clearest media argument, then read Technopoly for his broader critique of technological authority.
