The 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 (1914-2004) American historian, professor, attorney, writer

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America, ch. 3 (1961)