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Utopianism
October 21, 2021
Molly Osberg
Tech Billionaires’ Fantasy Cities Are Environmentally Catastrophic Tax Havens
Despite Marc Lore’s ambitions for Telosa, water wars seem more likely than flying cars in our dystopian near future.
March 17, 2021
Divya Subramanian
The Lost Plan for a Black Utopian Town
Soul City in North Carolina was designed to build Black wealth and address racial injustice. Then its opponents lined up.
October 13, 2020
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Patrick Blanchfield
The Town That Went Feral
When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.
January 20, 2016
Chris Jennings
A French Communist Utopia in Texas
How one group's search for the promised land in 1848 became a complete disaster
August 22, 2013
Noreen Malone
Another Tech Dude Dreams Up a Dumb Idea to Fix Homelessness
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