Utopias

The self-proclaimed “space kingdom” of Asgardia is currently limited to a glitchy website and a satellite orbiting…

The Rajneesshee cult started building their utopian city of the future in rural Oregon during the early 1980s. And…

In September of 1984, at least 751 people got violently sick in The Dalles, Oregon. At first, no one in the town…

Cities are so trendy right now that every big tech company wants to build its own. Zappos did it in Downtown Vegas.…

At one point in time, Samuel Colt firearms company held the largest private armory in the world. Colt’s original…

Many of us, owing to an intuitive sense of where technological and social progress are taking us, have a…

When Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that…

In 1880 industrialist George Pullman set out to build a capitalist utopia. The town of Pullman was established…

Paul Morantz knew Synanon would try to kill him. He just didn’t know how or when.

Eleri Harris has a new comic on Medium about the utopian plan for Australia's capital city of Canberra. Two…

Throughout history, people have tried to build many different versions of Utopia. Sometimes it's a charismatic leader

City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella is one of the earliest utopian novels — and one of the rarest, since only 20…

Frank Lloyd Wright was arrogant, stubborn, and brilliant. But above all, he was a shrewd businessman who understood…

In 1970, George Lucas needed dozens of actors with shaved heads for his sci-fi dystopian movie THX 1138. He had…

To some, beer is something you just swill down while watching football, and flavor is a distant after-thought. But…

A “utopia” is a fictional place where everything is perfect; it’s supposed to give us a goal to aspire to, a place…

In 1906, novelist Upton Sinclair founded a cooperative community in Englewood, New Jersey, not far outside New York.…

Is optimism just a crazy notion, or does technological innovation totally justify our faith? In the comments on our…

Everybody wants more optimistic science fiction, but the near future is full of nightmare scenarios like global…

The future is a beautiful place - and you can help make it that way, while picking up a paycheck at the same time.…