It is like people are unable to picture utopia the same way someone born in the 1900s could probably not picture pocket computers or anything on the internet in full detail.
That’s easily explainable because pocket computers are dystopian :-)
Seriously though, I think the general problem is that we’re machines for doing things. Imagine a utopia for cars: a universe filled with car washes, where cars are cleaned with soft brushes all day. A few roads too, optimized for being fun for cars. Does that sound like a good use of the universe? Hmm. But what would be a better use of the universe, from a car’s point of view? Hmmmmmmm.
It’d be easy to change the problem, assume that we’re machines for getting enjoyment. Then utopia would be a universe filled with enjoyment. But we aren’t such machines.
That’s easily explainable because pocket computers are dystopian :-)
Seriously though, I think the general problem is that we’re machines for doing things. Imagine a utopia for cars: a universe filled with car washes, where cars are cleaned with soft brushes all day. A few roads too, optimized for being fun for cars. Does that sound like a good use of the universe? Hmm. But what would be a better use of the universe, from a car’s point of view? Hmmmmmmm.
It’d be easy to change the problem, assume that we’re machines for getting enjoyment. Then utopia would be a universe filled with enjoyment. But we aren’t such machines.