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Episode #161 ... Karl Popper - The Open Society and Its Enemies

Philosophize This!

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Using Utopian Social Engineering to Solve Big Problems

Carl papper says that utopian social engineering is not the way to solve big problems. He compares it to a system of trial and error mediated by free individuals working towards actually making progress, rather than just mistaking movement for progress. In most faccious or totalitarian states, where the utopia is always just around the corner, whether the unwashed masses recognize it or not.

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