Mass Entertainment In America Has Been Dominated

The Modern Suburb Is The Product Of The Car, The Five-day Week, And The "bankers' Hours" Of The Masses.

It Is No Longer Clear Which Way Is Up Even If One Wants To Rise.

America Is Not Only Big And Rich, It Is Mysterious; And Its Capacity For The Humorous Or Ironical Concealment Of Its Interests Matches That Of The Legendary Inscrutable Chinese.

The Closest Thing We Have To The Traditional Ideology Of The Leisure Class Is A Group Of Artists And Intellectuals Who Regard Their Work As Play And Their Play As Work.

The Premonition Of Death May For Many Be A Stimulus To Novelty Of Experience: The Imminence Of Death Serves To Sweep Away The Inessential Preoccupations For Those Who Do Not Flee From The Thought Of Death Into Triviality.