{"id":62633,"date":"2022-05-13T06:18:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T11:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62633"},"modified":"2022-05-13T06:18:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T11:18:22","slug":"its-the-end-of-the-worlds-fair-as-we-know-it-why-technology-wont-save-us-episode-55-of-crazy-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62633","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the End of the World\u2019s Fair as We Know It: Why Technology Won\u2019t Save Us (Episode 55 of Crazy Town)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-image\">\n<div class=\"fimg-wrapper fimg-cl\">\n<div class=\"featured-image\">\n<div class=\"fimg-inner\">\n<div class=\"vm-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vm-middle\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2022-05-12\/its-the-end-of-the-worlds-fair-as-we-know-it-why-technology-wont-save-us-episode-55-of-crazy-town\/\">It\u2019s the End of the World\u2019s Fair as We Know It: Why Technology Won\u2019t Save Us (Episode 55 of Crazy Town)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"backstretch\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/E.55-Resilience.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"post-content\">Back in the day, the World\u2019s Fair was a global showcase of innovation and a peerless cultural event where visitors envisioned a neon future filled with technological wonders. These international expos featured miracle inventions and opportunities to explore new ideas, but also on display were useless gizmos, silly stunts (who\u2019s ready for a game of topless donkey ping pong?), and some of the most unattractive towers people have ever built. Worse yet, a dismal thread of racism runs through the history of fairs, and in recent times, faux sustainability has become a recurring theme. Explore the diminishing marginal returns of both World\u2019s Fairs and technology in general, and consider what\u2019s next as dreams of a high-tech utopia go the way of the animatronic dinosaurs. For episode notes and more information,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postcarbon.org\/crazytown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please visit our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crazy Town, It\u2019s the End of the World\u2019s Fair as We Know It: Why Technology Won\u2019t Save Us\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/244372\/10572424-it-s-the-end-of-the-world-s-fair-as-we-know-it-why-technology-won-t-save-us?client_source=small_player&amp;iframe=true&amp;referrer=https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/244372\/10572424-it-s-the-end-of-the-world-s-fair-as-we-know-it-why-technology-won-t-save-us.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-10572424&amp;player=small\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Transcript<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jason Bradford<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Jason Bradford.<\/p>\n<p>Asher Miller<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Asher Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Dietz<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m Rob Dietz. Welcome to Crazy Town where your favorite ride at the amusement park is the self-driving bumper cars.<\/p>\n<p>Melody Travers<\/p>\n<p>This is producer Melody Travers. In this season of Crazy Town, Rob, Jason, and Asher are exploring the watershed moments in history that have led humanity into the cascading crises we face in the 21st century. Today\u2019s episode is about World\u2019s Fairs, the diminishing returns of technology, and bizarre notions of progress. The watershed moment took place in 1851. At the time, the estimated carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere was 285 parts per million, and the global human population was 1.24 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the End of the World\u2019s Fair as We Know It: Why Technology Won\u2019t Save Us (Episode 55 of Crazy Town) Back in the day, the World\u2019s Fair was a global showcase of innovation and a peerless cultural event where visitors envisioned a neon future filled with technological wonders. 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