Board 8 > Post your impossible utopian ideas ITT

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We've all got crazy wacky ideas so post them

"Traditional school" is not good and should be deleted from the face of the earth. Instead of tests and grades, kids should develop skills and build a portfolio of work. All the students should be allowed to do whatever they want. Literally everything can be used as a vehicle for self-improvement and it's the teacher's job to figure out how. Oh you're browsing instagram all day? What do you like about this instagram feed? What is the difference between a good and bad instagram? Do you want to try photography and marketing your instagram?

I regret every history class I've ever taken. I learned nothing in any of them. If I were doing the things I liked (math, science, music, programming, languages) I would have gotten much further in all of those things. I would have collaborated with other students and written music and made video games and it would be really easy to demonstrate the value that I could bring to a prospective employer

Here's a neat video where a high school teacher responds to a YouTube video going over alternative school options.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrexDaetI0U

post your takes

The second we embrace nontraditional school is the second that rural girls are taken out of school to get an education in serving husbands

ff7 getting an actual remake

masterplum posted...

The second we embrace nontraditional school is the second that rural girls are taken out of school to get an education in serving husbands

Yeah I actually kinda agree with this (to an extent) mandatory basic education is flawed but necessary and for the most part allows kids to discover their interests.

I wouldn't oppose presenting more varied options from an earlier grade though

well if we're talking utopian ideals

there's no justification against open borders that isn't entirely rooted in the moral failures of capitalism (or blatant xenophobia)

Did you post this topic because Travis Scott's Utopia album just came out

We discover a way to drastically increase human lifespan within the next 30 years

masterplum posted...

The second we embrace nontraditional school is the second that rural girls are taken out of school to get an education in serving husbands

What exactly do you mean by this? I am imagining the same school buildings with the same students and teachers, but the students have a lot more freedom to pursue their interests and the teachers facilitate them. So if someone knows they want to be a stay-at-home wife they can learn the skills necessary to be the best wife and mother and household manager they can be.

Johnbobb posted...

I wouldn't oppose presenting more varied options from an earlier grade though

Oh yeah especially when the internet exists. Kids can learn anything through Google, and they've got adults there who can help them with basic information hygiene

changmas posted...

well if we're talking utopian ideals

there's no justification against open borders that isn't entirely rooted in the moral failures of capitalism (or blatant xenophobia)

Yes this is exactly the kind of utopian take I am looking for, "open all borders" is a big radical change that no government would ever implement. I disagree with this but that's fine, that's what this topic is about.

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Did you post this topic because Travis Scott's Utopia album just came out

I was not aware of it lol. I hope you enjoyed it :D

OrangeCrush980 posted...

We discover a way to drastically increase human lifespan within the next 30 years

There are already people who think we won't die.

TomNook7 posted...

ff7 getting an actual remake

this is the most impossible thing in this thread

changmas posted...

well if we're talking utopian ideals

there's no justification against open borders that isn't entirely rooted in the moral failures of capitalism (or blatant xenophobia)

The Roman Empire might have had something to say about that.

EDIT: I'd like to see an international collaborative push towards mining and eventual colonization of space. There are such vast resources available in our solar system alone that we may never need to dig another hole deeper than we need to plant crops. It's oversimplified here, but the concept is real.

My utopia would be a communist society that actually works the way it's supposed to on paper. Communism -- in theory -- is the ideal form of government. As we all know, in practice, it's absolutely atrocious.

But the society we have instead, capitalist, is a perpetual struggle to fight consolidation of power, corporate interests, decisions being made with only short-term gain in mind, a wanton disregard for others...it's completely driven by extrinsic motivation, which is what's lacking in communism, and less vulnerable to being torpedoed by human nature, but it's still heavily, heavily flawed.

NeatoAnAccount posted...

OrangeCrush980 posted...
We discover a way to drastically increase human lifespan within the next 30 years

There are already people who think we won't die.

It's gonna happen, but it's a matter of when, how, and if it will be commercially viable. I'm not expecting it to be something that will be timely enough to affect people in my generation, but maybe Gen Z.

changmas posted...

well if we're talking utopian ideals

there's no justification against open borders that isn't entirely rooted in the moral failures of capitalism (or blatant xenophobia)

this isn't even utopian it's just true

That LGBT people should be able to be who they are, and to love other people and marry just like cis-hetero people.

azuarc posted...

My utopia would be a communist society that actually works the way it's supposed to on paper. Communism -- in theory -- is the ideal form of government. As we all know, in practice, it's absolutely atrocious.

But the society we have instead, capitalist, is a perpetual struggle to fight consolidation of power, corporate interests, decisions being made with only short-term gain in mind, a wanton disregard for others...it's completely driven by extrinsic motivation, which is what's lacking in communism, and less vulnerable to being torpedoed by human nature, but it's still heavily, heavily flawed.

What do you mean when you say communism? Do you get any of your own stuff? Do you have your own computer, phone, and vehicle? Are you sure you don't just want heavily-regulated capitalism?

Like I'd say I'm a libertarian but I want some shockingly invasive business regulations because maximum freedom is different from minimal regulation.

A "no murder" law is good for individual liberty because it protects you from getting murdered, which is more salient than allowing you to murder. Similarly, business regulations that prevent billionaires from turning into trillionaires are pro-freedom because they protect the 99.999% of the businesses that are small and medium.

Uglyface2 posted...

EDIT: I'd like to see an international collaborative push towards mining and eventual colonization of space. There are such vast resources available in our solar system alone that we may never need to dig another hole deeper than we need to plant crops. It's oversimplified here, but the concept is real.

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space scawy

chik fil a open on a god damn sunday