Slouching Towards Paradise: Utopian Stories (American Reflections)($12.99Value)

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Is there such thing as a true paradise? In this book, three visions of paradise are explored. In the first, a tech billionaire obsessed with nineteenth-century philosophers invests his vast wealth to build a model community in the mountains of western Massachusetts. Are dreams of diversity and equity and affordable housing enough to create a utopian community? In the second story, a professional woman’s career was displaced by artificial intelligence. Wanting a different kind of life, she moves back to the rural landscape of Prince Edward Island, Canada where she was reared and establishes a community of women dedicated to farming and crafts. Can such an extreme social experiment survive in the twenty-first century? In the third story, a progressive farmer from Vermont seeks to make political change, first by becoming governor and then a U.S. senator. Will entrenched interests in Washington stomp on his vision for a different, more equitable America?