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[[File:Utopia-paradox-distopia-future-fantasy.jpeg|thumb|The Paradox of Utopia by Microsoft Designer [[AI]]]] | [[File:Utopia-paradox-distopia-future-fantasy.jpeg|thumb|The Paradox of Utopia by Microsoft Designer [[AI]]]] | ||
[[wikipedia:Utopia|Utopian]] fantasies always envision the [[society]] of the future, where humanity has fully adopted the [[ideology]] being advocated and all of our problems have been solved. The desire to pursue these ends directly instead of through [[evolution]] and incremental change has been the cause of the biggest [[genocides]] in [[history]]. So [[metaculture]] will take that lesson as learned and avoid putting forth any particular vision of what form the [[society]] of the future should take. Instead, it simply advocates for new [[incentive]] structures based around the pursuit of [[happiness]] over [[money]], [[science]] over [[superstition]], and [[In-group|cooperation over competition]]. Where this leads humanity is for the future to reveal. | [[wikipedia:Utopia|Utopian]] fantasies always envision the [[society]] of the [[future]], where humanity has fully adopted the [[ideology]] being advocated and all of our problems have been solved. | ||
The desire to pursue these ends directly instead of through [[evolution]] and incremental change has been the cause of the biggest [[genocides]] in [[history]]. So [[metaculture]] will take that lesson as learned and avoid putting forth any particular vision of what form the [[society]] of the [[future]] should take. Instead, it simply advocates for new [[incentive]] structures based around the pursuit of [[happiness]] over [[money]], [[science]] over [[superstition]], and [[In-group|cooperation over competition]]. Where this leads humanity is for the [[future]] to reveal. | |||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcqE-Ez1Lg||center|Utopianism philosophy and the search for a perfect world|frame}} | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcqE-Ez1Lg||center|Utopianism philosophy and the search for a perfect world|frame}} | ||
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Utopian fantasies always envision the society of the future, where humanity has fully adopted the ideology being advocated and all of our problems have been solved.
The desire to pursue these ends directly instead of through evolution and incremental change has been the cause of the biggest genocides in history. So metaculture will take that lesson as learned and avoid putting forth any particular vision of what form the society of the future should take. Instead, it simply advocates for new incentive structures based around the pursuit of happiness over money, science over superstition, and cooperation over competition. Where this leads humanity is for the future to reveal.
The TV series Utopia is one of the most jarring illustrations of the extremism that utopian visions can enable in the name of the "greater good." Warning: it is extremely violent and disturbing!