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Utopia for realists review6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Aside from that, most of the advice seems to be "keep on bringing these issues up, their time will come." The book also briefly covers such topics as biases and how difficult it is to push truly progressive ideas forward in the face of those biases. ![]() The author wails a bit about how progressives are stuck trying to protect the status quo instead of pushing forward truly progressive ideals such as these. The history is particularly interesting, as before this I had no idea how close the US came to implementing something like UBI in the middle of the last century.Īs I said, there's very little concrete suggestions as to how to get there though. ![]() But the book covers that and more, providing a history of those ideas and what was tried before and why they failed and why we aren't there yet. The book covers a number of "utopian" scenarios worth striving for, namely:Įven before reading a book, I was already a believer in these ideals, well aware of the justifications. Still, in this world of ever-increasing bad news and crises, the optimism of this book is a welcome respite. Summary: I really like this book, though I think it falls short in providing concrete steps for how to get from where we are to the idealized utopia he presents. The full title is "Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World". I forget where I got this book recommendation from, but it did go on sale for Kindle a while back so I got a copy. ![]()
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