Techno-utopia

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[citation needed] A techno-utopia in is a hypothetical ideal society, in which laws, government, and social conditions are solely operating for the benefit and well-being of all its citizens, set in the near- or far-future, when advanced science and technology will allow these ideal living standards to exist; for example, post scarcity, changes in human nature and the human condition, the absence of suffering and even the end of death. Several 20th and 21st century ideologies and movements, such as transhumanism and singularitarianism, have emerged promoting a form of techno-utopia as a reachable goal.[1]

In place of the static perfection of a utopia, some futurists envision an "extropia", an evolving open society allowing individuals and voluntary groupings to form the institutions and social forms they prefer.[2] Popular magazines like Wired and other publications on popular cyberculture have been accused of promoting this ideology which critics characterize as libertarian techno-utopianism.[3][4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hughes, James (2003). "Rediscovering Utopia". Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
  2. ^ More, Max (2003). "Principles of Extropy". Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
  3. ^ Borsook, Paulina (1996). "Cyberselfishness". Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  4. ^ Borsook, Pauline (2000). Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High-Tech. PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-891620-78-9. 
  5. ^ Barbrook, Richard; Cameron, Andy (2000). "The California Ideology". Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
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