John Maynard Keynes dreamed of an end to work, and some of the most radical and visionary progressive utopias today involve envisioning an abundant society beyond the need for labor.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
The Argentine support delivered the sights and sounds that organizers could only have dreamed of when the defending World Cup champions were drawn to play in Kansas City.
There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.
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Steven Rowley,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
The brand's return has been fantasized for years and ecstatically anticipated ever since Marc Jacobs Beauty was credited for the makeup in Jacobs's spring 2026 New York Fashion Week show.
They were strongly fancied to build on that in Qatar in 2022, only to crash out in the group stages, scoring one goal en route and finishing third in their group behind Morocco and Croatia.
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Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball.
Ford imagined a future in which cars would be powered by small nuclear reactors, theoretically allowing drivers to travel thousands of miles before replacing the power module.
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Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
When her father’s time appeared to be at hand a few days ago, Felicia Parazaider imagined him being reunited with Terry Kath in the afterlife soon.
The underlying technology uses sixteen years of structured mapping, global returns data, and garment construction expertise to prevent system lag and hallucinated recommendations on high-traffic shopping days.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
But hallucinated references in real studies produced by humans could be just as widespread, and potentially even harder to track down.
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