as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness
some of the first Europeans to explore Polynesia thought that they had indeed discovered a tropical Eden
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Evolution of Cyberculture Studies The first cyberculture studies were divided into dystopias and utopias and were anchored to science fiction.—
Paulo Nuno VicenteAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026 -
The pope’s text outlines an approach to AI which neither rejects the opportunities offered by the technology, nor sees it as opening a utopia-style future.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
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Little scientific work was completed in Glen Canyon before the federal government flooded it — an event seen by environmentalists then, and now, as an unmitigated ecological disaster, a paradise lost.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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But even in good years, Colorado isn't exactly a typical grower's paradise like the Eastern United States or the Midwest.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Yes, the summer festival season is here (thank heavens).—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Eden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Eden. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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