Glimpses of Utopia
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Glimpses of Utopia

Real ideas for a fairer world

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eBook - ePub

Glimpses of Utopia

Real ideas for a fairer world

About this book

It's hard to be excited about the future right now. Climate change is accelerating; inequality is growing; politics is polarised; institutions designed to protect us are strained; technology is disrupting the world of work. We need to upgrade the operating systems of our society. Jess Scully asks, What can we do? The answer is: plenty! All over the world, people are refusing the business-as-usual mindset and putting humans back into the civic equation, reimagining work and care, finance and government, urban planning and communication, to make them better and fairer for all.

Meet the care workers reclaiming control in India and Lebanon, the people turning slums into safe havens in Kenya and Bangladesh, and champions of people-powered digital democracy in Iceland and Taiwan. There are radical bankers funding renewable energy in the USA and architects redesigning real estate in Australia, new payment systems in Italy and the Philippines that keep money in local communities, and innovators redesigning taxation to cut pollution and incentivise creative solutions.

Glimpses of Utopia is a call for optimism. Humans everywhere are rising up to confront our challenges with creativity, resilience and compassion. Harnessing technology and imagination, we can reshape our world to be fair and sustainable. This book shows us how.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About the Book
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction – Rays through the storm clouds
  7. 1. Rethink utopia
  8. 2. Recentre the citizen
  9. 3. Refocus politics
  10. 4. Redesign work
  11. 5. Reward the human
  12. 6. Recoup the investment
  13. 7. Reform finance
  14. 8. Restore the commons
  15. 9. Rebuild for equity
  16. 10. Restart a civic conversation
  17. Conclusion – What now?
  18. Acknowledgements
  19. Endnotes
  20. Index
  21. About the Author
  22. Copyright