http://www.mouseextra.com/2007/12/26/the-12-milestones-in-disney-world-history-part-4-the-epcot-epiphany/ Feeding the Disney fixation daily Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.mouseextra.com/2007/12/26/the-12-milestones-in-disney-world-history-part-4-the-epcot-epiphany/#comment-2214 Bill Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:02:32 +0000 http://www.mouseextra.com/2007/12/26/the-12-milestones-in-disney-world-history-part-4-the-epcot-epiphany/#comment-2214 I always thought of Epcot as a place where the world's progress was measured. Innovations in communications, energy, transportation, land mangagement, water management, health and welfare, and culture were shown in Future World. The many different ways those idea were put into place were shown in the countries of World Showcase, which, for better or worse, showcases mostly industrialized European-based countries who have been historically ahead in those areas, culminating in the United States, which, forgiving any foreign misgivings, has been the most successful (and in 1982 probably was) at combinining all facets of Future World in forming a society. I always thought of Epcot as a place where the world’s progress was measured. Innovations in communications, energy, transportation, land mangagement, water management, health and welfare, and culture were shown in Future World. The many different ways those idea were put into place were shown in the countries of World Showcase, which, for better or worse, showcases mostly industrialized European-based countries who have been historically ahead in those areas, culminating in the United States, which, forgiving any foreign misgivings, has been the most successful (and in 1982 probably was) at combinining all facets of Future World in forming a society.

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