fool's paradise

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Noun
  • For him and for a lot of artists and writers, seeing people experience your work in person—like being at a gallery opening with your own work on the walls and people spilling wine on it—is a kind of hell on earth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • The Miami duo’s electrifying, boundary-bending combination of Haitian kompa, underground rap, reggaeton, electro-pop, and baile funk is loud as hell and rich in egalitarian spirit.
    Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • But in today’s United States, an aspiring tech dystopia where the news can be weirder than the conspiracy theories?
    Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
  • At this year’s Venice Biennale, the performance artist and choreographer Florentina Holzinger used the stage of the Austria Pavilion to alert viewers to an increasingly underwater dystopia.
    Lilyanna D'Amato, ARTnews.com, 28 May 2026
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“Fool's paradise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fool%27s%20paradise. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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