No Utopia can exist without satisfying the irrational, instinctual, unchangeable nature of human beings and how they relate to others.The material "utopia" as envisioned is hollow. It assumes the irrational desires, strengths, and weaknesses of human beings as afterthoughts that will be magically satisfied with abundant energy and technology. But we've seen 100 years of increasing material abundance, and while there has been progress in many people's lives, there have also been societal breakdowns:-Intractable homelessness-Increases in mental illness-loss of social cohesion-worsening distribution of wealth-loss of faith in government and commercial institutions-the derailment of rational public discussions with bogus conspiracy theories driven by social media-un-sustainable agriculture, providing low quality processed food causing epidemic obesity and health problems-out of control rate of extinctionThere is a 3rd aspect to a world with vastly increased energy: the increased need to mine the physical materials to build the infrastructure that uses all this energy. Imagine tens of thousands of flying cars going overhead every day, bigger houses destroying wildlife habitat, vast open pit mines everywhere tearing out copper, lithium, rare earth metals, iron, aluminum, etc.But the most important thing missing is a discussion of the social "technology" to structure society to make it truly just, with physical comfort and social connections for all.

No Utopia can exist without satisfying the irrational, instinctual, unchangeable nature of human beings and how they relate to others.The material "utopia" as envisioned is hollow. It assumes the irrational desires, strengths, and weaknesses of human beings as afterthoughts that will be magically satisfied with abundant energy and technology. But we've seen 100 years of increasing material abundance, and while there has been progress in many people's lives, there have also been societal breakdowns:-Intractable homelessness-Increases in mental illness-loss of social cohesion-worsening distribution of wealth-loss of faith in government and commercial institutions-the derailment of rational public discussions with bogus conspiracy theories driven by social media-un-sustainable agriculture, providing low quality processed food causing epidemic obesity and health problems-out of control rate of extinctionThere is a 3rd aspect to a world with vastly increased energy: the increased need to mine the physical materials to build the infrastructure that uses all this energy. Imagine tens of thousands of flying cars going overhead every day, bigger houses destroying wildlife habitat, vast open pit mines everywhere tearing out copper, lithium, rare earth metals, iron, aluminum, etc.But the most important thing missing is a discussion of the social "technology" to structure society to make it truly just, with physical comfort and social connections for all.

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