The Ugly Truth About Utopias

In the pursuit of perfection, we often idealize the concept of utopia: a society without conflict, inequality, or pain. But, have you ever stopped to think about the logistics of such a place?

For starters, who would design the utopian architecture? Would it be a bland, cookie-cutter grid of identical, soulless boxes or a labyrinthine, inefficient maze of staircases and corridors? Perhaps a committee of committee members would be tasked with the task of designing the perfect city, only to realize that the perfect design is also the most expensive and difficult to maintain?

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