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Saturday, September 7, 2002
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 Saturday, September 7, 2002
started 9/7/2002; 2:56:09 AM - last post 9/7/2002; 2:13:29 PM
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Dirk Brandts - Re: Saturday, September 7, 2002 
9/7/2002; 3:10:28 PM (reads: 618, responses: 1)
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Wow, the NY World's Fair. Seeing some of those pictures reminded me of the degree to which it framed my expectations for the future. I was 8 years old.
We were from California (here in Santa Barbara, actually) but heading off to East Africa for a few years. My dad was doing some intensive language training in NYC for a couple of months, so my mom and sister and I soaked up as much of the city as we could. We visited the fair about 3 or 4 times. We were into the design arts, Eames, Buckminster Fuller and so forth, and to me it seemed like the dawn of a beatiful new world. That same summer we attended a sermon by Martin Luther King and Riverside Church and then stood in a long line to shake his hand and talk for a little while. Things really seemed to be getting better.
Upon reflection, I realize that I still hold on to that optimistic idealism. Reality is cold and harsh, but good stuff keeps happening all the time. And I still believe in design.
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Doc Searls - Re: Saturday, September 7, 2002
9/7/2002; 4:42:47 PM (reads: 670, responses: 0)
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You're in Santa Barbara? That makes three of us that I know of: you, me and Meesh.
The Worlds Fair framed my expectations to some degree, too. I saw the difference between lovely corporate BS and reality, and loved the BS better. Made it my profession for awhile.
Funny thing is, Big Industry didn't deliver the future. They helped, but power came from the people. Geeks in particular.
I loved the Science. Which was always capitalized in those days, it seemed.
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lou josephs - Re: Saturday, September 7, 2002
9/7/2002; 6:13:29 PM (reads: 631, responses: 0)
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The 64 worlds fair stuff is as priceless as the aircheck I got of my college radio station in 1972 that someone burned on cd. Can you believe someone cared so much about a radio show that he saved the programs on tape and is now digitizing them? I will put encoded clips later today and the url will be www.ibcworks.net/wers.htm.
I am thinking my 9 11 revisited will be what I blogged at that time. Turn on the TV that day and you will wallow in video tape and talking heads.
Next you will find Freedom Land. Trivia: What NYC jocks were live from Freedom Land?
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