11: Bringing Back the World's Fair and Inspiring Millions Along the Way with Cam Wiese

Outside The System

In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Cam Wiese, a dreamer with a grand and ambitious vision - to bring back the World's Fair. The original World's Fair was an exhibition for companies and nations to come together to showcase their inventions and grand vision for the future. Cam believes that re-creating this event and telling better stories about the positive power of technology will get us out of our collective dystopian technology vision. While your initial reaction may be skepticism (mine certainly was), Cam makes a great case for how bringing back the World's Fair will inspire millions to dream, build, and ultimately create a better future. I left the conversation with a sense of wonder about technology and the future - something I hadn't felt in awhile.

During the episode, we got into:

• The purpose the original World's Fair served
• How the stories we tell create the future we build
• How science fiction helps expand the realm of possibility
• Why Walt Disney deserves credit for the moon landing
• How technology can be utopian, dystopian, or somewhere in between - depending on how it's used
• What the new World's Fair will showcase
• How you can get involved and help build the new World's Fair

Notes and Links

• World's Fair Co website
• World's Fair Co Twitter
• Cam's Twitter
• Top US grocery chains by share of dollars spent
• Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• Isaac Asimov
• World's Fair posters

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