What would you say would be the Utopian society?

[GennGreymane]

Rules

You can only say one thing. Just ONE. EX: Items should be affordable to everyone. (of course it can be as long as you want)

We will see through this thread what the average posters would see as a Utopian society


Lets see what MMO-champ has to say is the utopian society


What we got so far
.Intellectual resources focused on
.Adam and eve esque story for everyone
.Emotional problems to have solutions
.Removal of social standings
.Wifi for everyone " is important"
.robots to take care of us
.computer chips to change our emotions at will
.Less faith, more asking why
.self sustaining robot ecosystem
.people that understand that their way is not the only way
.No weapons, no alcohol
.No lust for money aka greed.

[Zulandia]

There isn't one, any attempt towards a Utopian society is really one in the opposite direction, the more perfect one tries to make a society of individuals the more they try and remove the individuality of each person creating a dystopian society.

That said if I had to choose one 'item' which would further our current society it would be to promote spending our intellectual resources (and resources in general) on something other than a global arms race.

[-Zait-]

ADAM/EVE available for all, you can't go wrong with Plasmids!

[Doobers]

Only me and one hot babe living the world on our own.

[GennGreymane]

its actually based on a philosophical and psycological idea

if you were to wipe clean the memories of everyone. and then blind folded them, and asked them what a fair society would be. what would they tell you?

of course i cant wipe ur memories (men in black required) or blind fold you..... techically you cant see anyone else here so kinda

[Tragedia]

A world of lies. Nothing more but an illusion.

[Dacien]

Chronic, toxic emotions have permanent and healthy solutions.

[Deleted]

Probably one with legalized weed.

You'd need to get rid of social standings to get people to stop being dicks to rank higher.
Do that and it should be easy.

Maybe do something about the religion extremists.

[Dacien]

Probably one with legalized weed.

You'd need to get rid of social standings to get people to stop being dicks to rank higher.
Do that and it should be easy.

Maybe do something about the religion extremists.

That's like, three things dude! We only get one!

[Cairm]

An island with lots of food, womens and friends. Good music and wi-fi. The wi-fi is important.

[Deleted]

Funny how many people oppose communism.

But the theory of Communism is a completely Utopian society.





Shame it fails so hard in practice.

[Simulacrum]

True post-scarcity is all you really need.

[Keyboardmash]

Robots to manufacture all food, shelter, clothing etc.
World hunger problem solved! Poverty solved!

[nanessa]

You'd need to get rid of social standings to get people to stop being dicks to rank higher.
Do that and it should be easy.

That is communism...
As someone said sounds good on paper but horrible in practice.

[haxartus]

A computer chip that allows you to influence emotions in your brain. So if you're sad or angry you can just turn these emotions off and enable a better emotion.

[apepi]

Well, I would like the world where everyone knows that their is not only one way of doing things. It kills dreams hopes and ideas thinking only one way or rule or life.

Also I remember that watching a old tv show sliders and their is a world where people really rewarded and wanted to be intelligence, they had game of inteligence, like we had football games. It would be a good world to live in, no not perfect but I would like it better.

If there is peace is there really peace? What is peace when there is no enjoyment, when your at peace, everything is calm. It is because their are times that are not enjoyable that make the enjoyable time enjoyable. If all you are you are going to do is try to be peaceful will it really be just? If you allow peace over justice what will it be other then a living hell?

[Deleted]

At the risk of sounding facetious; an impossibility.

The highly-imperfect, clumsily-evolved primates that we humans are could never accomplish anything close to a Utopian society. But, using values of the Enlightenment, putting value on skepticism, free-inquiry and critical thinking, focusing on solidarity and creating and upholding equal rights for all, finding ways to enrich society as a whole and not just a privileged cast, doing away with irrational and divisional prejudices and dogmas and trying to think empathetically are all things we could use to improve the lives of the majority of people and move closer to an ideal but we could never truly get there.

Edit: Oh, one thing. Hmm. Probably people ceasing to believe that holding faith (in anything), that is, accepting things without evidence, is a virtue. That could make a world of difference. Or simply have everyone in the world ask, "Why?", more often.

[dignaidgnaiud]

3 words, Not this society

[Simulacrum]

3 words, Not this society

Yeah, I prefer medieval europe. No freedom of expression, no education, disease rampant, infant morality rates so high that bonding to your children is basically mental suicide because of all of them that you'll see die, wars all the time, not enough food, nobody knows shit, a ruling class that can basically do whatever they want to you, open racism and sexism, etc - that's what I want.

Today's society is so horrible

[artemishunter1]

At the risk of sounding facetious; an impossibility.

The highly-imperfect, clumsily-evolved primates that we humans are could never accomplish anything close to a Utopian society. But, using values of the Enlightenment, putting value on skepticism, free-inquiry and critical thinking, focusing on solidarity and creating and upholding equal rights for all, finding ways to enrich society as a whole and not just a privileged cast, doing away with irrational and divisional prejudices and dogmas and trying to think empathetically are all things we could use to improve the lives of the majority of people and move closer to an ideal but we could never truly get there.

If everyone did what you said, there won't be society to begin with. There will be constant upheaval, constant change because new ideas will come out before old ideas even gets used. People won't be able to chose leadership, since no one would bow down before another. Society works because most people accept ideas on faith, theres limit on inquiry (if we all had all the info. we will go mad, become evil, and most likly abuse it to fuck us even more). People also need to believe dogmas such as honor and doing the right thing even if the right thing is bad for u or bad for people u know.

---------- Post added 2012-01-10 at 08:29 PM ----------

Well, I would like the world where everyone knows that their is not only one way of doing things. It kills dreams hopes and ideas thinking only one way or rule or life.

Also I remember that watching a old tv show sliders and their is a world where people really rewarded and wanted to be intelligence, they had game of inteligence, like we had football games. It would be a good world to live in, no not perfect but I would like it better.

If there is peace is there really peace? What is peace when there is no enjoyment, when your at peace, everything is calm. It is because their are times that are not enjoyable that make the enjoyable time enjoyable. If all you are you are going to do is try to be peaceful will it really be just? If you allow peace over justice what will it be other then a living hell?

There is no such thing as justice already. So, being in peace won't really be a problem

---------- Post added 2012-01-10 at 08:33 PM ----------

Robots to manufacture all food, shelter, clothing etc.
World hunger problem solved! Poverty solved!

There will be jobs opened on fixing those robots. Unless we can create self sustaining robo ecosystem, problem will never be solved. When self sustaining robo ecosystem is created, This in turn, would make humans prisoner of their own creation. Not to mention, theres always some ass that will invent a better way of doing things. so, he will make money. in turn, create another economic system. If we humans were not so inventive, we would reached utopia a long ago. we never can catch up meaning if one country develops haven, rest of the world still lacks behind, by the time rest of the world catched up, some one invents a new haven.