Comments on: The USA Does Not Do World’s Fairs Anymore http://realityme.net/2006/08/16/the-usa-does-not-do-worlds-fairs-anymore/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AT http://realityme.net/2006/08/16/the-usa-does-not-do-worlds-fairs-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-4420 AT Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:27:21 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/08/16/the-usa-does-not-do-worlds-fairs-anymore/#comment-4420 I think the discussion on the tumor has degenerated into something about beer. I find it ironic, because I don't know of other countries that have been doing fairs lately. In the day, it was like having an open house, a country does a fair, makes the city look nice, everybody comes and spends a month or so, and goes back home. I find it ironic, that now, when global travel is so easy and affordable, the fair (exposition) is extinct. Could it be because global media already shows us what these places are like? Is it apathy? Having checked good old Wikipedia, it appears that the rest of the world has been trucking with the Fairs, and that Spain's going to throw one in a couple of years. Damn. I guess it is the country. But whats screwed up about it is that participation in something like a fair, as a society, would probably go a long way toward redeeming us in the eyes of the world. Course, I don't think most Americans care much for redemption. I think the discussion on the tumor has degenerated into something about beer.
I find it ironic, because I don’t know of other countries that have been doing fairs lately. In the day, it was like having an open house, a country does a fair, makes the city look nice, everybody comes and spends a month or so, and goes back home.
I find it ironic, that now, when global travel is so easy and affordable, the fair (exposition) is extinct. Could it be because global media already shows us what these places are like?
Is it apathy?

Having checked good old Wikipedia, it appears that the rest of the world has been trucking with the Fairs, and that Spain’s going to throw one in a couple of years. Damn.
I guess it is the country. But whats screwed up about it is that participation in something like a fair, as a society, would probably go a long way toward redeeming us in the eyes of the world.
Course, I don’t think most Americans care much for redemption.

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