Techno-utopia

Techno-utopia

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In place of the static perfection of a utopia, some futurists envision an "extropia", an evolving open society allowing individuals and voluntary groupings to form the institutions and social forms they prefer.cite paper| author = More, Max| title = Principles of Extropy| date= 2003 | url = http://www.extropy.org/principles.htm| accessdate=2007-02-07] Popular magazines like "Wired" and other publications on popular cyberculture have been accused of promoting this ideology which critics characterize as libertarian techno-utopianism.cite paper| author = Borsook, Paulina| title = Cyberselfishness| date= 1996 | url = http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1996/07/borsook.html?welcome=true| accessdate=2007-02-06] cite book| author = Borsook, Pauline| title = Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High-Tech| publisher = PublicAffairs| year = 2000| id = ISBN 1-891620-78-9] cite paper| author = Barbrook, Richard; Cameron, Andy| title = The California Ideology| date= 2000 | url = http://www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk/theory-californianideology.html| accessdate=2007-02-06]

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