If Ray Bradbury meant for this novel to be about the dangers of pervasive television dominating our attention, distracting us from real things going on and causing the end of reading and writing, then why all the book burning? Wouldn't it be more powerful if libraries just became these defunct abandoned places , people just forgetting they even exist or something. instead its like a pseudo-Nazi regime that's hellbent on destroying books and as we know, anything illegal is in fashion and people would make serious effort to preserve and read books, publish books just because it was against the law.
http://www.laweekly.com/2007-05-31/news/ray-bradbury-fahrenheit-451-misinterpreted/
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20130412-sam-weller-ray-bradburys-180-on-fahrenheit-451.ece
His vision of wall sized televisions that allow people to completely zone out and escape their location, state of mind, etc. did in fact come true. He didn't envision the other form of televised escapism that is video games and 2nd Life.
The two themes of banned books and infiltration of technology into every aspect of our lives are not properly connected. And he didn't seem to envision people using technology like Kindles and eReaders to gain access to vastly more books and other printed info than would be possible without the internet and digital viewing screens.
Its true though that many peoples' (especially so in America) cultural identity and the very context of their lives is dominated by things they watch on television, movies, and the internet.
