STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa on Monday lashed out against today's fast-paced information society, saying it limits peoples' depth of thinking and is a major problem for culture.

The Peruvian author blamed the entertainment industry for creating what he calls a culture of "banalization, frivolization and superficiality."

Vargas Llosa is in Stockholm to accept the Nobel Prize in literature, which will be presented to him by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony on Friday.

"I think the audiovisual revolution, which is fantastic from a technological point of view, has introduced the idea that the main goal of culture is entertainment," he said.

"Of course culture is also entertainment, but if it is only entertainment, the result is the disappearance of long-range vision and deep preoccupation for basic questions," he said. "I think it is a major, major problem."

David Fuller's view I think he is right.

The audiovisual revolution certainly competes for our time and can dumb us down. Nevertheless, I am delighted to partake and think that the broader technology revolution has already jumpstarted our evolution once again.

Meanwhile, intelligent people will also continue to read books, enjoy the visual arts, listen to good music and engage in interesting conversation.