The Greatest of Greats

It's weird, I think, to have an impossibility for a goal. No utopia would be a utopia for all, therefore, no utopia is a sincere possibility. That said, does it make sense to work towards the unachievable? Maybe.

While realizing an actual utopia might be impossible, that doesn't mean that working towards one is a bad plan. After all, a near-utopia still sounds pretty good compared to our current situation. If we could all just work towards the same Utopian dream, we might get close and... already, I feel skeptical that everyone has the same Utopian vision. So even working towards a near-utopia might be impossible. Regardless of all these setbacks, I think that there is some merit in thinking about such hypothetical worlds, achievable or not. To find the perfect solution requires one to prioritize the most basic of needs/wants (if wants are even included), and consequently, get a better sense of what's important in life.

Certain basic needs such as food and water need to be addressed before all others. I've rewritten the next sentence a handful of times now, trying to decide in what quantity these items should come in--'enough'? 'plentiful'? Would an excess of food be bad? I'll stick my utopia with 'enough' food and water to subside for now. Again, prioritization is a difficult chore, but I feel like a sense of belonging is the next most important thing to have. Without it, I think there is only so much incentive we can provide ourselves. Abraham Maslow has a similar set of principles that determine basic human needs. I think that creating a utopia should use a similar set of needs as a checklist.