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Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all — Global Issues. How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? (part 1 of 6) 31 Laws of Fun. So this is Utopia, is it? WellI beg your pardon, I thought it was Hell. -- Sir Max Beerholm, verse entitled In a Copy of More's (or Shaw's or Wells's or Plato's or Anybody's) Utopia This is a shorter summary of the Fun Theory Sequence with all the background theory left out - just the compressed advice to the would-be author or futurist who wishes to imagine a world where people might actually want to live: Think of a typical day in the life of someone who's been adapting to Utopia for a while. Don't anchor on the first moment of "hearing the good news". Heaven's "You'll never have to work again, and the streets are paved with gold!
" sounds like good news to a tired and poverty-stricken peasant, but two months later it might not be so much fun. (Prolegomena to a Theory of Fun.)Beware of packing your Utopia with things you think people should do that aren't actually fun. The simultaneous solution of all these design requirements is left as an exercise to the reader. Films For Action | Watch Over 1100 Free Videos Hand-Picked to Change the World.