Why am I laughing???

Postman differentiates between people laughing and being entertained instead of actually thinking, and not knowing exactly why they are laughing. Postman makes it clear that people are laughing unknowingly. People don't realize that they are living to be entertained. They do not understand why instead of thinking about things, our society and culture has turned our everyday life into one large comic strip, people are laughing and find almost everything humerous instead of actually thinking about things. The main problem that Postman is trying to get at, is that society today does not understand why instead of thinking we have turned to laughing, comedy, and entertainment as our way of life.