ScotsAlan Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Everyone says it does not exist. So do we just keep doing the war thing? Or do we hope our kids will be smarter than us and get on with each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 We need a Great Leap Forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulgarian Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 No hope. Humans are vile and stupid animals and there will never be peace where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsAlan Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 No hope. Humans are vile and stupid animals and there will never be peace where they are. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 There is no universal utopia. My utopia would be someone else's hell on Earth and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Pretty much agree with most comments so far. The only caveat I'll add is that our human journey is discovering where our limitations are taking us. The result has quite definitely been an improvement of our human condition. That improvement is precious, fragile etc. But it is real and is down to us rationally understanding our place in this world. Our irrationality often swamps it, plus rationality is plagued with contradictions*, but don't knock it too much, to a certain extent it works. * See The voting paradoxes of Condorcet and Arrow, the Prisoner’s Dilemma and Amartya Sen’s Liberal Paradox for examples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thought it was on the prom at the Castle Mona shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 It'll always be in the last place you'll look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 We have done well considering our limitations. We are at the mercy of the forces of nature and we will be for as long as our kind walk the planet. All of our achievements and machinations can be wiped away with a swish of Mother Nature's tail at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 As far as I am concerned I live in Utopia, happy with how my life is and very content, if it stays the way it is till I die then I can't complain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 As far as I am concerned I live in Utopia, happy with how my life is and very content, if it stays the way it is till I die then I can't complain Good for you. I am similar, but I can see dark clouds on the horizon............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 As far as I am concerned I live in Utopia, happy with how my life is and very content, if it stays the way it is till I die then I can't complain Good for you. I am similar, but I can see dark clouds on the horizon............................. Well that makes 3 of "US" ,if I go tomorrow I've no complaints , but it's not part of my "plan". Woolley, as someone told me when I first came to live here ......'looks like rain , give it an hour', 'there is always a good bit in every day on the island' I've reached an time where I realise that one has to choose one's battles carefully and I don't want to fight anymore, I just want people to leave me alone ( with the caveat that I may change my mind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 World utopia is a myth. I don't believe it can ever exist. Not just humans but all forms of life are constantly engaged in battles concerning territory, food supply, mates and control. Bit like an aggravated form of natural selection. What would you want from your own personal utopia? I have a pretty nice time doing what I'm doing. A simple soul with modest pleasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsAlan Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 World utopia is a myth. I don't believe it can ever exist. Not just humans but all forms of life are constantly engaged in battles concerning territory, food supply, mates and control. Bit like an aggravated form of natural selection. What would you want from your own personal utopia? I have a pretty nice time doing what I'm doing. A simple soul with modest pleasures. On a global scale, I would start with stopping bombings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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