Will It Ruin Us?

    The society we live in today is so distracted by electronics such as television, iPod's, and cell phones that we cannot see the true potential that we can obtain. Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman is an exact example of what we are slowly becoming. Postman states, "...Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us. This book is about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right" (xx).
    I agree with Postman and Huxley in this argument because I believe that what we love will ruin us. In this day and time, people are more willing to relax and play video games all day instead of being productive and doing work. Most people love to eat candy, but too much of it will rot our teeth. Many people like to eat junk food, but too much of it will cause weight gain and other serious problems. What we love will ruin us. The world has also been threatened by self image. In Victoria's Secret commercials, they don't only advertise perfumes and clothes, but they advertise image. All of their models are very skinny, and beautiful. What the world tends to forget is that it is not about how skinny we are. What truly matters is how we view ourselves. Some people love and are addicted to drugs, but too much of it will ruin their lives forever. Electronics and television are taking over the human mind. We love to text, talk on the phone, and browse the Internet with our friends, but we will not go out and exercise with them. Neil Postman's novel is speaking to this generation and the one's to come.
    In this modern society, we have many different distractions. Neil Postman's novel, Amusing Ourselves To Death, is an example for what may be in our future. The dispute between Orwell and Huxley is fairly simple. Orwell believed what we hate will destroy us, but Huxley believed what we love will destroy us. Postman's novel may have predicted the fate of our future.