Dispatch

Memories of the Future

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The one about imagining a world that doesn’t exist yet. Dispatch 32 begins beside the fire with the dogs, a ticking clock, and an academic journal that prompts an unexpected confession: the narrator belongs to the Society for Utopian Studies.

A call from Fred gives him the opportunity to explain himself. Utopia, as he understands it, is not a blueprint for perfection. In fact, anyone who knows…