The foolish thought — thinking that out there … somewhere … a utopia exists.
But what if the truth were this:
This ugly dystopia in which we live in … is all we got … and is in fact a utopia.
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- A NEW SOCIETY.
- THE DEEP INDIVIDUAL.
- Why is It So Hard for Us To Follow Our Gut and Instinct?
- Sociology of Comparison
- Mimetic Desires
- Interest in Humans or Objects?
- Social Stochastic Resonance
- How to Live Bravely in Today’s Brave New World and Society
- Arousal
- Is Humanity on the Decline?
- Social Innovations
- Society *Shouldn’t* Be Fair
- Why Society Doesn’t Want Free Thinkers and Free Livers
- Our New Soft Society
- HARD SOCIETY
Sociological Theory
- TOLERANCE AND INTOLERANCE
- POST-MONETARY SOCIETY.
- Simulated Universal Basic Income
- DIGITAL CAPITALISM
- Capitalism 2.0
- SOCIETY 2.0
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SOCIOLOGY by KIM
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- A NEW SOCIETY.
- THE DEEP INDIVIDUAL.
- Why is It So Hard for Us To Follow Our Gut and Instinct?
- Sociology of Comparison
- Mimetic Desires
- Interest in Humans or Objects?
- Social Stochastic Resonance
- How to Live Bravely in Today’s Brave New World and Society
- Arousal
- Is Humanity on the Decline?
- Social Innovations
- Society *Shouldn’t* Be Fair
- Why Society Doesn’t Want Free Thinkers and Free Livers
- Our New Soft Society
- HARD SOCIETY
Sociological Theory
- TOLERANCE AND INTOLERANCE
- POST-MONETARY SOCIETY.
- Simulated Universal Basic Income
- DIGITAL CAPITALISM
- Capitalism 2.0
- SOCIETY 2.0