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Oops, I’ve been calling this the ‘utopia fallacy’ for who knows how long.
by mock-possum 3y ago
Oops, I’ve been calling this the ‘utopia fallacy’ for who knows how long.
- mtraven 3y agoThat's a much better name actually.
- readthenotes1 3y agoRight? I would say "utopia fallacy" is the perfect label for this meaning over "nirvana fallacy" because it can never be misconstrued as something associated with the musical band Nirvana.
- tangent-man 3y agoAs a Buddhist I agree. Heh.
- eikenberry 3y agoThe band has more in common with the usage here than the Buddhist idea.
- FiatLuxDave 3y agoTodd Rundgren feels left out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(band)
- Brendinooo 3y agoSomething I say often is "utopia means 'no place'" or "no such place as utopia" - people too often focus on trying to build a perfect world/thing/product/whatever rather than focusing on how to exist in an imperfect world.
- compiler-guy 3y agoI've always called it that too. I suspect it is a common alternative name.
- eikenberry 3y agoThat at least is a name that somewhat represents the idea. Nirvana was a poor choice and probably stems from a misunderstanding of the idea by the economist.