Do you think utopian society is possible?
I've gotten a range of answers from 'no way, not a chance' to 'wouldn't that be nice'. I think most would agree on this question that since everyone's version of utopia is so vastly different that it would be impossible for everyone to coexist in a singular society. But. Now go with me here. What if! What if we were able to create the kind of place where everyone lives in their own version of their own utopian society and where your ideas and someone else matched up you are then able to connect with each other there. This is starting to sound like a version of heaven that has probably already been set forth, but I think we could make it work. And imagine all of the people that would overlap in the line for Ben and Jerry's. Or. Since we're talking pure utopia here- is there a line for Ben and Jerry's?
Ok, follow up question. If utopia was possible, would it be here on Earth or would it exist elsewhere in the universe?
I mean, come on. Utopia. On Earth? And I would have to say, especially over the past week or so, it's starting to look worse and worse for team Utopian Construction so I may just leave that question out from now on. Millennials are taking this past week pretty hard. There is a lot of hopelessness going around my generation...
If utopia was possible and they were opening the gates tomorrow, would you go?
The answer to this one has changed over the past week or so as well. It went from 'no, I don't think so. I'd let others check it out and join later if it goes well' to 'hell yeah, sign me up now'. Again, this is purely speculation but I think it might have to do with the election. A) I don't think if we build a new society where everything is perfect and blissful that we should allow people to enter the gates 'later'. Like, we've all been here since the beginning and you're blissing out. Sucks to be you. B) I don't think I would go, not after I got some answers to the next question.
If utopia was possible and people lived there, would they be able to survive in that environment?
No matter who I was asking- the answer to this one became pretty apparent. We wouldn't. For a number of different reasons. Most people that I talk to seem to agree upon the fact that humans are incapable of accepting 100% pure, unadulterated, happiness. Some people are addicted to drama and conflict, which brings up the question of- if they are in fact addicted to that drama, would their personally built utopia (see question 1) then just be full of conflict and drama? Either way, since our brains work in comparisons, we need deep rooted and pure sadness in order to experience the same level of happiness. Which no ones seems to want to deal with- not that I blame them. So here's my question from there- if you were able to live with juxtaposing emotions every day- intensive, extreme sadness one day, extraordinary, completely unblocked happiness the next- would you? Would knowing that in 24 hours you emotions will flip a complete 180 degrees mess you up just as much though? Would you be able to allow yourself to feel complete happiness knowing that in less than 24 hours you would be experiencing the worst emotional pain of your life. Would knowing that 24 hours beyond this pain you get to feel uncontaminated happiness, make it better? No, I'm actually asking.
I have no answers to those questions. But on a slightly less cryptic, but still utopian, note- I found out today that Soylent is a real thing. They aren't making it out of humans yet, but I mean, Donald Trump is our president. Anything is possible.
