Why are utopias important for human mankind? | Gregory Claeys | TEDxLinz

[spartanspirit]

For me "A community where a citizen is well fed, well educated, well treated and has easy reach to judiciary is Utopia " .
If you agree let's establish Utopia 🙏

[GHOST]

If a utopia ever happens it will be done by force.
A dystopia is reality, a utopia is just an idea.

[chapterelevin]

we don't have to look too far for a dystopia, look at the world now. 

the concept of utopias is important for us human beings because it gives us something to strive towards. akin to negotiating a deal, we look at what the world is willing to offer us (current circumstances) and what we expect from the world (future circumstances). the reality of it is that the only way that we can reach some middle ground is if we demand something better than the status quo. the established systems and entities that control the world now are clinging on to the last bits of powerful crumbs (media, , money, lobbyists, vested interests, consumerism) used as bargaining chips to keep the world as it is. the divisive methods used do not phase us, because we are so embedded in the systems that engulf every aspect of our lives. we cannot imagine a better and different world unless the idea of one is presented to us.

but we must remember that the power to change and to rise above these silent yet oppressive powers lies within us. with an open mind and focusing on the solutions rather than maintaining the status quo. save our earth and keep it habitable for future generations.

[ChrisCrous-bqcf]

The first three quarters of this video is a biography that had little bearing on the title.

[Anabsurdsuggestion]

Gregory, did you ever look into the connections between Thomas More and Bartolome de las Casas? They’re really interesting (16th c. Venezuelan coastal idyls). You have also prompted me to look into Lacan and Utopias / Dystopias.

[jerrymander]

summer of love was bs and only lasted 2 weeks until San Fran chased them off. This guy is stuck in the pipe dream of 67

[bcbro]

Isn’t utopia basically our dream of heaven on earth 🌍

[yalnayal]

I don't think he answered the question.

[bennycisbtfl]

Why are utopias important for human mankind :
_utopi politic_
utopia <-- political parties ideology
ex. democracy ->utopiA andOr utopiB andOr utopiC
utopia -> democracy parties

[spartanspirit]

It's always easy to preach on carbon emissions sitting in AC seminar halls 🙏 Why do you want to put all the burden of global warming on developing or struggling countries?
Just come forward and help us in plantations 🙏🌴🌴🌴

[alexsdg]

His prelude is long enough to create actual an utopian country, ha ha

[ArbeiterKlasse]

The second mankind steps out to colonize the cosmos is when humanism and liberty become represented by corpses floating in a doomed space-craft that achieved nothing more than a hundred year loop of distress signals to nobody.

[Wolcik]

so boomer from broken family went hippie?

[jdheryos]

Has not declared his genetic socio-political bias. Invalid lecture.

[rolojeldres]

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