A Brave New World

"For in the end, he was trying to tell us that what afflicted the people in Brave New World was not that they were laughing instead of thinking, but that they did not know what they were laughing about and why they had stopped thinking." The distinction is that laughter was not the cause of the end of thinking, but that the laughter continued even if understanding of any kind, even of the joke itself, did not. They did not even realize why they had stopped thinking. This matters because entertainment in itself does not end thinking, but when one is ignorant of the effects of calling everything entertainment, one slowly loses the ability to think or understand. If one never questions how technology is shaping one's thinking or culture, then one will never become aware that there are dangers in using technology in regards to intellect. However, if one is aware of this, then one can avoid the dangers and treat television and most technology like it should be treated: like entertainment, not serious topics (for the most part.)