utopianism
noun
uto·pi·an·ism
yu̇-ˈtō-pē-ə-ˌni-zəm 
1
: a utopian idea or theory
2
often capitalized
: the body of ideas, views, or aims of a utopian
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Stephenson: There was a bit of early internet utopianism in the book, which was written during that era in the mid-’90s when the internet was coming online.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
There’s no stronger response to charges of utopianism than showing models that are already working.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
In the annals of irresponsible utopianism, few names stand out like that of Bronson Alcott.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
By the nineteen-thirties, converting facts into data to be read by machines married the centuries-long quest for universal knowledge to twentieth-century technological utopianism.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
There’s no stronger response to charges of utopianism than showing models that are already working.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
In the annals of irresponsible utopianism, few names stand out like that of Bronson Alcott.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
By the nineteen-thirties, converting facts into data to be read by machines married the centuries-long quest for universal knowledge to twentieth-century technological utopianism.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Utopianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utopianism. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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