The Venus Project Plans to Bring Humanity to the Next Stage of Social Evolution

Sir Thomas More's Utopia was written in Latin towards the close of 1515.

So what are we going to do? It is not a new question. 500 years ago it’s what Thomas More was asking himself.

Utopia Or Dystopia? What is the concensus?

https://www.quora.com/Is-a-Utopia-possible-Why-or-why-not
Is a Utopia possible? Why or why not?

Geoffrey Widdison, studied at The University of Utah
Answered Feb 11

It's been often pointed out that the term “Utopia” is a deliberate pun. Spelled one way, it means “good place”, and spelled another, it means “no place”. Hence, the very concept of Utopia cites it as being something that can't exist.

That said, the question, as asked, can't be answered without a definition. What is Utopia? If you say, a perfect world, then it can't. For one thing, the world will always be populated with people. Some of those people will be jerks. Some will be crazy. Some will try to do the right thing, but have funny ideas about what that is. We can't ever eliminate that totally without destroying what it is to be human.

There again, what does a Utopia actually look like? Some people would see it as a world of stringent morality, clear social order, hard work and diligent study. Others would imagine a world of constant pleasure, fun and play. Others would imagine a world of unstructured relaxation and peace. Those visions are not only different, they often contradict. So who's Utopia would it be? And what happens to everyone else?

Talking about the perfect society is useless. What we should be talking about is the best possible version of society. To me, that would be a world in which everyone’s basic needs are met (food, clothing, housing, education, transportation, communication and medical care). Beyond that, it's up to you to succeed in life, the economic structure should promote a large and robust middle class, but some people will be rich and some will live down at the bottom.

Beyond that, you'd have to have a very low crime rate (though zero is just unrealistic), strong social protections and networks to ensure people are taken care of, and an aggressive system to make sure that opportunities are as equal as possible. The society should have transparent and responsive government, free and unfettered expression, but an absolute minimum of hatred and discrimination. Diversity of culture, ethnicity and lifestyle would be embraced and celebrated. A healthy life would be enabled and encouraged, but not enforced, and violence, though never inconceivable, would be exceptionally rare.

The thing is, none of this is impossible. All of these pieces currently exist in some place and to some degree, and some countries hit high marks on most of them. Technology may help some these become a reality, but much of it is just social engineering.

Even in this ‘best world’, some people would be dissatisfied, some would be outright miserable. But such is the world. We can't build a perfect society, but that doesn't mean we can't build a good one.

Ben Spindler, Studied philosophy in my youth.
Answered Feb 10

Theoretically possible? Yes. Practically speaking? No.

Utopia comes from a work by Sir Thomas More who wrote of a fictional island with an ideal society. He defined Utopia as no place, that is in the name itself he recognized that while he could describe and work towards attaining an ideal society it is not possible to achieve that society. I would argue that not much has changed in human nature since he wrote the book 500 years ago. Sure we may have different dreams and desires that the people of England of the 16th century but we still have dreams and desires. We still make decisions that go against our own dreams and desires. There is still evil in the world. There will always be people who want to mess with system just to say that they were able to mess with the system. That is why while we can work toward the idea of Utopia we will never fully achieve
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