Utopia

what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation

it can be startling, if also invigorating and life-giving, to encounter someone who will break the script and deal with you as a person in fullest sense—by taking the time to regard you with kindness and respect, by offering a simple gesture of help or courtesy born out of deliberate attentiveness, by conveying care through the words they speak to ... See more

utopian thinking is composed of four modes: “Prospective thinking, whereby this utopian ‘horizon’ is defined;” “critical thinking, which demands an interrogation of the present;” “holistic thinking, which says that society works as a whole of composite paths;” and “creative thinking, which keeps alive the ‘What if?’ possibilities of the future.” Al... See more