libertarians Mystery land buyer in California turns out to be Silicon Valley investors, to build utopian community Rob Beschizza

urban planning $400bn utopian city to be imagined being built somewhere in America Rob Beschizza

conspiracy theories Watch the first trailer for Amazon Prime's adaptation of conspiracy thriller UTOPIA Thom Dunn

History The Modernist Utopia that never was Bill Barol

politics David Graeber's The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy Cory Doctorow

books Pacific Edge, the most uplifting novel in my library Cory Doctorow

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youtube Your future self has good news: you're doing pretty well Grant St. Clair

art Museum of Sex exhibit showcases 300 objects from American cults and communes Mark Frauenfelder

cars 2026 the first year in U.S. with no new car priced under $20,000 Rob Beschizza

video A 10-minute introduction to Buckminster Fuller, patron saint of techno-optimism Ellsworth Toohey

politics The Nerd Reich podcast investigates Silicon Valley's slide into authoritarianism Ellsworth Toohey

deaths Playwright Tom Stoppard dead at 88 Rob Beschizza

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politics Of the few Democratic voters who know about the "Abundance" agenda, only a third support it Rob Beschizza

politics US government reviewing 55 million visa holders for potential violations Ellsworth Toohey

events While 130,000 Danes party at Roskilde Festival, an invisible workforce collects their trash for survival Ellsworth Toohey

architecture Architecton: documentary about our lives amid stone and concrete Rob Beschizza

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