Post AWJOx8TDcN9qcGotvc by Andrii@we.1being.org
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 (DIR) Post #AVDNXg5kn6WoxTDkW0 by zariuq@fedi.absturztau.be
       2023-04-30T16:10:34.968265Z
       
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       I really enjoyed Island and was driven to intense laughter multiple times 😂😄.I find seeing an authentic attempt to sketch out a eutopic society and culture really refreshing :- ).An island where society focuses on human fulfillment over maximum production and yet still incorporates technology and science (to an extent).  An island where even children are given the freedom to leave their parents' households due to having a MAC (a mutual adoption club) of 20 non-biological parents they can visit where each household may have its unique form of duties and customs.  An island where birth control and decentralized eugenics (via artificial insemination and saving the sperm of exemplary men) are the norm for there's a need to maintain a balanced population.  An island where moderate psychedelic medicine use is the norm, along with meditative practices.  An island where the myna, talking birds, fly around reminding people to sink in to the here and now with attention and compassion ("karuna").  An island  where sexuality and sensuality are openly appreciated for what they are.   An island where education focuses on practical experience as well as intellectual development: how many of us have seen births and death by age 20?  Or did we only read about them in theory?  The setting is that a "journalist" is visiting the island, and the industrial powers wish to co-opt the island into their economy, which provides a contrast and a pretext for "getting to know" Pala.Is Island a perfect Eutopia?  Perhaps not by my tastes.  Yet it's a beautiful sketch.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5520342693
       
 (DIR) Post #AVDNfBPgjjlk7x7je4 by Andrii@we.1being.org
       2023-05-01T15:14:18.362559Z
       
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       @zariuq I wasn't able to finish it for some reason, got too dull around the middle for me.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWJOu8ZqlPwc4yUZRQ by zariuq@fedi.absturztau.be
       2023-05-31T18:12:09.570900Z
       
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       @Andrii I wonder if that was the part with the spiritual ramblings.  My impression is that the plot seemed to come apart at the seams by the end with a "quick ending as imperialist industrialists take over" when there could have been a more nuanced continuation :-o.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWJOx8TDcN9qcGotvc by Andrii@we.1being.org
       2023-06-03T10:49:07.737714Z
       
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       @zariuq ah yeah, I think he was waay too high on mushrooms or w/e at the end and it wasn't making any sense kinda thing.