We risk being the first people in history to have been able to make their illusions so vivid, so persuasive, so “realistic” that they can live in them.

Daniel J. Boorstin · The Image (1961), ch. 6

A pseudo-event… comes about because someone has planned, planted, or incited it. Typically, it is not a train wreck or an earthquake, but an interview.

Daniel J. Boorstin · The Image (1961), ch. 1

Daniel J. Boorstin · The Image (1961), ch. 1

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