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EPCOT will be an experimental prototype community of tomorrow that will take its cue from the new ideas and new technologies that are now emerging from the creative centers of American industry. It will be a community of tomorrow that will never be completed, but will always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and systems. And EPCOT will always be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free enterprise.

Walt Disney#43

InnovationFutureTechnologyUrban planningCommunity

About this quote

What does it mean?
Future communities should constantly innovate and test new technologies.
In plain terms
Cities should keep changing and improving.
What can you take from it?
Design systems for continuous innovation.

Where it applies

  • community design
  • policy making
  • technology development

Putting it to work

  • build flexible systems
  • test new ideas

Questions to consider

  • What should cities be?
  • How do you innovate?

Another view

Constant change can cause instability.

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