[ExI] Is future progress moving to virtual reality?

[PJ Manney]

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:34 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Quote from the article:
> Disney’s pessimistic attitude towards the rate of current advancement
> comes from a place of truth. New, revolutionary ideas were coming out
> on a consistent basis in the mid 1900s during Walt Disney’s
> generation, but near the late 1900s progress as a whole slowed down.
> Rather than innovating new and fresh ideas, the current generation
> fine-tunes the revolutionary ideas of their predecessors.
> It’s only a matter of time until the whole Tomorrowland sector becomes
> a Disney themed montage. If technological development continues at
> this rate, Tomorrowland may as well combine with Fantasyland as a
> childish delusion from the past. As displayed by the modern
> developments of both Disney movies and Disneyland, the once
> flourishing future that Disney envisioned for the world is coming to a
> rapid halt.

<sigh>

Please don't extrapolate grand historical trends from BS.  The Walt
Disney Company doesn't change Tomorrowland because Disney's leaders
since Walt's death don't care about the future.  They can't see beyond
the next dividend payment schedule or stock price expectation.  They'd
rather do what their marketing departments say costs the least to
accomplish to change the rides just enough to both maintain safety and
create the slightest bit of novelty to encourage revisits.  This is
about a lack of vision and cheapness.  Not future trends.  Future
trends (and correcting them when they don't turn out quite as
expected) costs too much money.

Mickey Mouse (and his ever growing bunch of friends) are all they care
about.  Just ask the US Congress and the US copyright office.

PJ