Utopia

[godhelpme2]

If the most perfect life is what is described in Utopia, i doubt that our modern life is becoming far away from it little by little.
All the modern civilization we regarded is to be cast away in Utopia.
So there won't be such a society in the future, judged from the fast pace of our society's development, including economy, government, etc.
Do you think so?

[mj_blazer]

Uh.. No. Your statements are problematic, they are a bit contrived.

Modern life is as far as it can be from Sir Thomas More's opus, simply because we are still in chains today. The existence of capitalism and other -isms is the only proof we need to be able to discern our shackles..

[PeterL]

If the most perfect life is what is described in Utopia, i doubt that our modern life is becoming far away from it little by little.

The second clause isn't right, but I believe that you were trying to write that you believe that lives are getting further from that ideal. I agree with that, but I'm not sure that More's ideal is something that people want, or if it is desirable.

All the modern civilization we regarded is to be cast away in Utopia.
So there won't be such a society in the future, judged from the fast pace of our society's development, including economy, government, etc.
Do you think so?

There is only one way to know what future societies will be like; wait. I am confident that people won't change much. Throughout history people have acted in the same ways, and there is no reason for people to change.

[Yelena]

PETERL: "There is only one way to know what future societies will be like; wait. I am confident that people won't change much. Throughout history people have acted in the same ways, and there is no reason for people to change."[/QUOTE]

Your statement made me question - if people don't change (and basically i can agree that human behaviour doesn't really change), what causes our society to develop scientifically? Need for simple creature comforts?

[PeterL]

PETERL: "There is only one way to know what future societies will be like; wait. I am confident that people won't change much. Throughout history people have acted in the same ways, and there is no reason for people to change."

Your statement made me question - if people don't change (and basically i can agree that human behaviour doesn't really change), what causes our society to develop scientifically? Need for simple creature comforts?[/QUOTE]

Yes, changes in society are largely results of changes in technology, the ability to have more and different things around people. I will admit that education has also done a great deal to change societies; litteracy has changed many things. People don't change, but what they know and use in their lives has changed the ways that they interact. Computers may eventually change society, but it takes a long time for society to adapt to technology.