Formerly a corporate attorney, advertising copywriter, and carpenter, Weston Miller teaches intermediate Humanities and introductory writing courses at Babson College. Specifically, he teaches a popular class on 'Utopias/Dystopias', and also the 'The Literature of Guilt'. He lives in Hyde Park, MA, with his wife. You can read more about him using the links below.

Links 

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Find Weston: https://www.babson.edu/academics/facu... 

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1hcQAzz... 

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Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...

Instagram: @utopiaisnow  

Twitter: @UtopiaIsNow   

Timestamps

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0:00 - Professor Weston Miller's Story and the Pursuit of Fiction Writing

6:09 - Justice, Fairness, and Dystopia

19:16 - Who are 'The Others' and the Importance of Cognitive Diversity

24:45 - The Philosophy of Zero-Sum vs Positive-Sum Games

33:58 - Disruption and the Balance of Power

39:39 - Feminist Epistemology and Dystopia

50:24 - Is Utopia possible? A Brief Exploration

59:02 - Do we need "Losers" to motivate "Winners"

1:08:42 - Professor Miller's Utopia

Books/People Mentioned

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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Black Mirror

Credits

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Art Work: Pablo Picasso - The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro (1909)  

Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X