Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively) for its well-knownness.

We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the press and media. Celebrities are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history. Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous.

Formerly, a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary, to keep him properly in the public eye.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.