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Hanzi Freinacht: For ALL Generations. “Protopia” is another recent term, coined by futurist Kevin Kelly and it is defined as the opposite of a “Dystopia”. In Dystopia, people are stuck in some kind of recurring pattern of suffering (like George Orwell’s “foot trampling a human face — for ever”, as in 1984). A Protopian society, then, is one where people are free from such gridlocks and can thus work actively to improve life. It’s a more carefully stated form of a dream of societal transformation: It doesn’t say that “everything will be good for everyone”; it focuses not on the state-of-things-at-a-given-moment, but on the possibility — the shared capacity — to move in mutually desirable directions. Simply stated, one could say that a Protopian society is one that has the capacity to become incrementally better as a result of the freedom of its members, generationally." Kevin Kelly: "I think our generational destination is neither utopia (or eutopia) nor dystopia nor status quo, but protopia. Protopia is a state that is better than today than yesterday, although it might be only a little better. Source: Wikipedia (both, with author highlights or additions) See also link: https://solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/protopia-or-utopia-which-is-more Blue “future generational waves” symbol: looking at something blue can help you become more open to new ideas. Some believe it’s the color of openness and encourages people to consider different perspectives and explore new concepts.