Our discontent begins by finding false villains whom we can accuse of deceiving us. Next we find false heroes whom we expect to liberate us. The hardest, most discomfiting discovery is that each of us must emancipate himself.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
I write to discover what I think. - Daniel J. Boorstin
I write to discover what I think.
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.
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…
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