Daniel J. Boorstin - Progress Quotes

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The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

Daniel J. Boorstin

In 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. Boorstin

The science of statistics is the chief instrumentality through which the progress of civilization is now measured and by which its development hereafter will be largely controlled.

Daniel J. Boorstin