The author of Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman, made the world aware of public discourse in the age of show business. He used the books Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and George Orwell’s 1984 as examples of what technology has done to today’s youth. Orwell’s views were that he had a fear of those who would ban books, deprive us of information, and what we hate will ruin us. Huxley on …showed first 75 words of 672 total…

…showed last 75 words of 672 total…same time encouraged forms of public discourse with serious, logically ordered content (Postman 51). With the evolution of technology, the future of college is also affected. Computers and the Internet have made everything easier. The Internet has replaced the newspaper. Students have all the world’s information at their fingertips. Students also have the ability to e-mail professor’s papers rather than handing them in. With technology changing so rapidly, students are being bombarded with options.