My favorite depiction of utopia

For those who are trying to bring about a glorious transhuman utopia with the help of hopefully-aligned ASI, I think it's worth thinking explicitly about what utopia might actually look like and where it's likely to fall short.To that end, some have helpfully written depictions of utopian (or utopia-adjacent) worlds: The Adventure, Just another day in utopia, The Culture, The Gentle Seduction, The Gentle Romance, Machines of Loving Grace, Friendship is Optimal, Dath Ilan, The Maker of MIND, Failed Utopia #4-2.Unfortunately, the best utopian story I've ever read is also a massive spoiler, since it appears at the very end of a much longer story (see below for the title and author):Worth the Candle by Alexander WalesInspired by this tweet[1] and with the original author's permission, I adapted the epilogue of that story so it can be enjoyed without 1.5 million words of context!What I love most about this depiction is its exploration of the inherent imperfection of utopia: even when you have literally unlimited power, flaws will remain, and some (many?) people will even prefer the pre-utopia world.The primary purpose of this adaptation is to recontextualize the epilogue so it's accessible and enjoyable for people who haven't read the main story. I think my adaptation does a pretty good job of it, especially the first chapter, which stands on its own and doesn't heavily reference characters from the main story. The later chapters might read as oddly specific in some places, but I smoothed out the roughest edges, and these chapters also say interesting things about utopia that weren't explored in the first chapter.The secondary purpose of this adaptation is to avoid spoiling the main story for those who might read it in the future. It's pretty difficult to do that robustly, and if you already know something about the story, there's a good chance you'll be able to identify which one it is if you read the adapted epilogue, maybe even if you just read the first chapter. I th