yeah, these utopian futures are either too idealized or too catastrophic. although I’d bet on the latter, if I have to choose with a gun to my head, I still think the former is remotely possible if there is a decent urban exodus and we go back to small communities, to tribes — as we’re essentially tribal. smart cities are doomed to fail, imho. sooner or later, the illusion of harmony would fall to the ground. balaji's network state, for example. let's consider nostr itself. for now, a harmonious community, zapathons and hug marathons. until when? how long till it becomes a new twitter? either we close the citadel gates or barbarians take over.