Good read. It certainly resonated with some of my own existential angst about modern society, and I was vaguely aware of this period in history, but I really like Jenning&#x27;s take that there&#x27;s so much to learn from these, like social experiments done in miniature. Another part of me believes that these experiments are probably worth doing again, this time using technology (particularly computers) to help organize things. Indeed, my own naive personal utopia would involve living in a nice place with individual apartments and a communal kitchen, day-care, and daily meditation&#x2F;yoga. It would be cool if we all worked together too, perhaps as a software company.<p>Note that this is an excerpt from a recently published book, &quot;Paradise Now: The store of American Utopianism! <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.alibris.com&#x2F;booksearch?keyword=Paradise+Now%3A+The+Story+of+American+Utopianism+&amp;mtype=B&amp;hs.x=0&amp;hs.y=0&amp;hs=Submit" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.alibris.com&#x2F;booksearch?keyword=Paradise+Now%3A+Th...</a>