1) Re-read "the firemen are hardly necessary" speech--how do you see this playing out in our world today? Can you think of any category of people or institutions that play the role of "firemen"? (p 83)

2) What does Faber mean when he says, "It's not the books you need, but some of the things that were once in books"? Do you think his criticism of TV and radio still holds up? Give some specific examples from mass media in your response. (p 78-80)

3) Break down the three things Faber says are missing from current media, and discuss whether each of these things is present or not present in our current mass media forms and society today. If they are not, what is impeding them? If they are, where can we find them? How might we create more of them? (p 79-81)

4) What is one thing you would add to Faber's list that books give us, that you see as missing in our world today?