The World’s Fair: Tech’s bygone showcase

Опубликовано: 23 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Quartz

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On episode 1 of season 5 of The Quartz Obesession Podcast, the World's Fair, Tech's bygone showcase. Once the grandest festival on Earth, World’s Fairs provided a glimpse into inventors’ newest creations, technologies, and human-contrived feats. The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair alone debuted electric irons, sewing machines, and laundry machines, along with the Ferris Wheel and Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, an early device for displaying motion pictures. So why do we no longer gather at massive exhibitions to show off our latest and greatest inventions?

Join host Scott Nover and Quartz senior reporter Cassie Werber as they look into what the rise and fall of the World’s Fair tell us about the way technology and society are changing.

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