What would make this world into a Utopia?

Empathy and Kindness earpods and maybe even a jewelry collection with magical powers.

Why?

What our world needs now is, yes, “love sweet love’, as Dionne sings, what Rodney King said, “Why can’t we all just get along?” or Kant’s version of the golden rule,”Act as you would want all other people to act towards all other people,…as if it were a universal law.” or the same concept in the Hebrew and Christian bibles and on and on. People not only need to be taught the idea, but even more important to to behave and act accordingly in every interaction we have. We must find a way to practice, practice, practice. The ear buds would have a system that sends signals from the heart, and the brain, to remind the person to stop and look and think and talk to another person to find common humanity if not always agreement. This intelligent tool would be created by bioengineers, and neuroscientists and ethicists, and magicians, but writers, artists, singers would relay the messages to the person expressed in the kind of music or art or poetry that person loves, say hip hop or Beethoven, or a visual image of harmony and beauty would emerge guiding the person wearing the amazing pods or jewelry to think about and hopefully change behavior that leads to strife, hatered and division. . . Nancy B.

Utopia Machine: Empathy & Kindness EarPods, Ellen Harvey, 2024. No. 28 of 100 panels. Acrylic on Alubond panel, 16 x 12 in.