迪士尼的工厂式未来

Disneyland’s factory-inspired future Theme parks taught visitors to embrace automation in daily life, maintains a historian Renée Blackburn While the threads that Betancourt pulls on are fascinating, particularly the idea of aestheticizing automation, this is also where the book falls a little flat. For all his deep dives into the mechanical workings of Disneyland’s rides, I was left wanting more on the relationship between the park’s automation and its intended visual experience. Additionally, although the book hints at the evolution of safety protocols, it could have benefited from a more robust discussion of the interplay between automation and physical safety standards. But these are small quibbles with an otherwise excellent text full of rich historical and technological content. …