Three Years in Wonderland

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport, 31 August 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 17 min in. Said by Cal Newport.

Cal Newport finishes this academic press history of Disneyland, praising its archival depth over popular Disney books, which he attributes to academic press authors having no deadline pressure. He identifies a structural weakness: the book frames itself around C.V. Wood's role in creating Disneyland but then becomes a traditional methodical history in which Wood is no more central than other characters—which Cal calls 'a weird marketing decision.'

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