The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.
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.
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…
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 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.
I write to discover what I think. - Daniel J. Boorstin
I write to discover what I think.
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