About Utopia in Beta

We’re living through a prototype phase of the future, where new technologies, systems and ideologies are being tested in real time. Utopia in Beta is a space to examine what’s being built, who it’s for, and what it might mean for humanity.

This newsletter explores the intersection of emerging tech, digital societies, and the evolving idea of progress. From AI and network states to biohacking and surveillance capitalism, we dig into the experiments shaping tomorrow with curiosity, critique and the occasional glitch in the matrix.

Expect essays, interviews, field notes and dispatches from the edge. Written for people who care about where we’re heading and want to think more deeply (and creatively) about how to shape it.

It’s not techno-utopian. It’s not doomscroll-core. It’s something in between.

A future still under construction.

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