Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.
The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the poss… - Daniel J. Boorstin
The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the poss…
- Daniel J. Boorstin
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. - Daniel J. Boorstin
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics … - Daniel J. Boorstin
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics …
Planning for the future without a sense of history is like planting cut flowers. - Daniel J. Boorstin
Planning for the future without a sense of history is like planting cut flowers.
While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous. - Daniel J. Boorstin
While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous.
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. - Daniel J. Boorstin
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their l… - Daniel J. Boorstin
Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their l…
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. - Daniel J. Boorstin
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
I write to discover what I think. - Daniel J. Boorstin
I write to discover what I think.
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