It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world.
Daniel J. BoorstinIn fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be badly disappointed. The half-intelligibility which we expect, or even hope, to find in the latest product language personally reassures each of us that progress is being made: that the pace exceeds our ability to follow.
Daniel J. BoorstinThe traveler used to go about the world to encounter the natives. A function of travel agencies now is to prevent this encounter.
Daniel J. BoorstinThe modern American tourist now fills his experience with pseudo-events. He has come to expect both more strangeness and more familiarity than the world naturally offers. He has come to believe that he can have a lifetime of adventure in two weeks and all the thrills of risking his life without any real risk at all.
Daniel J. Boorstin