Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Audio Archive: The Age of Infromation


When EPCOT Center opened in 1982 Communicore was the hub of all things technology and progress. Inside one attraction stood out as maybe looking a little dated and out of place when in reality it was so far ahead of it's time that we can stand in amazement at it today. A collection of wood displays including a man in a bowler hat, a ferris wheel and tower of rotary phones. This was  Einsel Theater and the Display was The Age of Information. As it would come to life opening hidden scenes and move characters a song would play telling us about all the amazing tech the future had to offer. Including Smart phones, Amazon, and Google. It truly was the Nostradamus of the 80's. So Let's sit back and enjoy the Age of Information and listen to the future of the past that is now the present.





Sing Along Here

Age of Information

now mom and dad and junior can own
a new-fangled smart telephone

its amazing all the things it can do

As it brings the world closer to you

you can sit right there in your easy chair
and check the stock report

on a screen at home make plans to roam
to your favorite ski resort

It’ll bring the world closer to you

There’s a wonderful change comin’
a beautiful day dawnin’
a miracle we’re seeing come true

cause the age of information
is sweeping across the nation
and bringing the world closer to you

it will call the cops on a robber

it will help the kids with their homework

it will hook your home to your office

send your heartbeat clear crosstown

it will give you all kinds of freedom

Like when you want to go shopping
it will bring the store to your front door

it’s the handiest thing around

and it brings the world, closer to you
and its making the world better
its making the world smaller
its giving the world something brand new

cause the age of information
is sweeping across the nation

and bringing the world closer to you

Now the miracles have only begun
In the places where our business gets done

the office of tomorrow will be

the very model of efficiency

If you want data,
you’ll get that data

And only the data you need

And the words are movin’
And the mail is movin’

With electronic speed

you will talk to two or quite a few
on a teleconference call

and the chips are sorting

and the datas moving

on a thread of glass so small

as it brings the world, closer to you

your phone will be a computer

it will make your bank deposits

it will mail your voice like a letter

where it can wait to a later date
to communicate
so we’re making the world better,
we’re making the world smaller
we’re bringing the world something brand new

cause the age of information
is sweeping across the nation
and bringing the world closer to you

and your voice is traveling
and your words are moving
and the wires are humming a song

and the world is changin’
and the countrys’ changin’

so won’t you come along?
on this wonderous journey
to the information age

there’s a wonderful change comin’
a beautiful day dawnin’
a miracle we’re seeing coming true

cause the age of information
is sweeping across the nation

and bringing the world closer to you

closer to you
closer to you
bringing the world
bringing the world
closer to you

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