Could Utopia be Apocalyptic?

Could Utopia be Apocalyptic?

Continuing our series on the apocalypse, we discuss the chapter “Dying of Happiness: Utopia at the End of this World” in Maria Manuel Lisboa’s book “The End of the World: Apocalypse and its Aftermath in Western Culture” and the idea that utopia itself might bring about the apocalypse.

Human Nature – Real Life Lord of the Flies

We discuss the problems with the assumption that humans are naturally greedy and selfish, it’s just not true as proven by a real-world Lord of the Flies-type scenario.