Utopia - Words of the World

[@ionutsalitra4381]

It is great to see these sort of channels more and more on KZbin. People have hungry minds. Feed them good food.

[@gricka31]

brilliant presenter, concise and crisp

[@dominicsavage9110]

I love that you did a video on this word, after finding out the Greek of it meant "no place" a while ago it left me pondering, so to hear a proper explanation of it is really awesome (:

[@ThisIsFinalRound]

I'm writing an synopsis on Utopia, you gave me so much inspiration! Thank you! :D

[@jmomm]

Brady_ your channels are my utopia...they don't really have a physical place but they enrich my life and make it better.

[@won1853]

Great video. Glad to see you're keeping this channel alive.

[@seahawk124]

"But what has gone, and I think gone for good, is the idea that architects or artists can lay the rudiments of paradise here on Earth and can construct working utopias. Cities are more complex than that, and perhaps you cannot purify human needs without taking away human freedom. In any case, you have to work with the real world and its inherited content, and memory is reality. It took us the best part of 50 years to find that out, but perhaps it was worth the trouble." - Robert Hughes

[@twashballur]

I really missed this series.

[@EternusVia]

Very interesting: taking etymology to a new level!

[@laurabraga2758]

There is an interesting analyze of the word in a Heiddeger's book, Parmenides. He says utopia is the no-place that needs a place to happen, because it is not a thing but is the way the being is toward another beings, it is the principles, the behavior of certain society... He says much beter than I do ...If you like words I recomend the book.

[@lammatt]

actually... all Brady's collaborations with U of Nottingham are very good.

[@SirReginaldBumquistIII]

Very surprised I hadnt found this already, a very good channel with stimulating delivery, a always! A Numberphile for words :D

[@h03035]

Did I get this wrong? But as far as I know, it was Huxley, not Orwell who wrote 'Brave New World"...

[@LynneSkysong]

A long while back I sub subscribed to ALL of your channels. I'm to some updates now. I'm and engineer but every since I listened to John McWorter's Linguistics lessons from the Great Courses. I've been fascinated with language.

[@BrentODell]

Yes, he mentions Huxley and Orwell, then Brave New World and 1984, indicating that they wrote those respective books.

[@Luederjahn]

Do you use different cameras for sixty symbols and this channel? The image quality here looks a bit better than on sixty symbols. Nevertheless both channels are awesome :)

[@Schmoet]

New WotW, wooh! I love that they seem to be coming more often now.

[@NikolayTach]

Is Eschaton the synonym of Utopia?

[@THLsays]

One of my pet peeves is people who suggest that a dictionary lists that a word means something rather than lists the mostly commonly intended meaning of people who have used this word -- because this is what a dictionary definition is and has been for centuries. Lexicographers pore through texts looking for ways that other people have used and spelled a word, and compiled those stats to put into dictionaries.. they're descriptive, not prescriptive.

[@OwlPhoenix]

THANKS ! I have an essay on utopia and dreams. For those who speak french, my essay is "L'utopie est-elle un rêve utile ?".

[@wordsoftheworld]

wow, thank you!

[@Jkun]

You need a place...how about everywhere? You can't really have a Utopian place, because that would mean you'd have to cut yourself off from what else would be out there that would not fit in the utopia. Thus, it would no longer be a true utopia, a perfect world. Also, the only thing stopping us from achieving utopia is ourselves, so yes. If individuals choose to think such things are impossible and refuse to take responsibility for being a sentient being, then it will forever be a dream. ~Jkun~

[@Farfromhere001]

The social, civil and sexual revolutions of the 1960s a failure?! I think not good sir! These movements have lasting impact to this day!

[@jeebersjumpincryst]

that was really interesting. Im coming back here in a few days for the comments :)

[@SignificantOwl]

The internet is not a big truck, it's a series of tubes.

[@kwaal]

The Soviet Union was State Capitalism, not Communism. Also, George Orwell was a committed Socialist. He just felt, like I, that Leninism was inherently corruptible thanks to the whole idea of the Vanguard party and 'dictatorship of the proletariat'. Orwell was a big fan of the Anarchists in Spain during their Civil War, for instance.

[@scotty]

No-Place it can be found at the end of the rainbow.

[@Machiones]

I don't like how he linked liberalism and Utopia in the way he did. I believe the greatest utopia is the libertarian utopia.

[@mattlm64]

It's a shame people focus on egalitarianism as an end as opposed to liberty as an end with utopian ideals.

[@Montywritespython]

Hey Brady, answer us this... Why the fuck do Americans and other English-speaking people call Greece Greece but Greeks call it Hellas? thanks. ( Kinda random I know, I came from watching your "Deutsch" video). Keep up the great work.

[@Akkordinator]

For those of you who understand the german language: /watch?v=F2RSw5bBLaI