Also, because "smart people" tend to go all "Morningstar" and get themselves and others into all sorts of troubles. I mean really, would you want to live in a society designed by Socrates and run by people like Plato and Alcibiades? I mean, have you *read* the Republic?
Having widely read SF and fantasy, I've never met a utopia I would want to live in.
Perfection implies stagnation. Which is one of the reasons I find the heaven of Christianity a greater horror beyond the hell they are always droning on about. Not to mention the total inability to aspire to the top job {;>)>
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Metaphysical ticket-balancing.
Also, because "smart people" tend to go all "Morningstar" and get themselves and others into all sorts of troubles. I mean really, would you want to live in a society designed by Socrates and run by people like Plato and Alcibiades? I mean, have you *read* the Republic?
Having widely read SF and fantasy, I've never met a utopia I would want to live in.
Perfection implies stagnation. Which is one of the reasons I find the heaven of Christianity a greater horror beyond the hell they are always droning on about. Not to mention the total inability to aspire to the top job {;>)>
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