From the article: <i>&quot;Today, thinking grandly about the future is regarded as a sin in and of itself. Calling a proposal “utopian” is among the more routine slurs on Capitol Hill.&quot;</i><p>Yes. There&#x27;s a political mindset that the &quot;free market&quot; determines the future.  This is a relatively new concept.  From 1851 to 1970, there were frequent World Fairs, heavily supported by industry, showing utopian visions of the future.  Expo &#x27;70 in Osaka was the last of the great fairs.  World fairs continue; Expo 2015 in Milan, with a food theme, closed last October, if anybody cares. But they do not reflect national or corporate plans for a better future.<p>We have more productive resources than ever in the developed world, but no collective vision of what to do with them.