The Story of Nowhere

We've all heard the old cliché: history repeats itself. But why is this so? What is it that drives humanity to keep making the same mistakes? Specifically, why do we continue to produce murderous regimes and oppressive states? What is the motivation—or justification—for millennia of crimes perpetrated by a plethora of ruling classes? In this entertaining and insightful book, Daniel McCarthy tells the story of a belief. This belief was used to justify Medieval Inquisitions, the French Reign of Terror, and even eugenics in the United States. It is the belief that we can perfect ourselves and perfect our neighbors; that we can purify society itself, and that we may do so at any cost. It is the belief in Utopia. "The Story of Nowhere" provides an introduction to this thesis by taking the reader on a journey from the mythical "Golden Ages" of the ancient past right up to the inter-connected, technological societies of the modern day. The author highlights just a handful of the myriad calamities that have resulted from the historical pursuit of Utopia. However, the book ends with a message of optimism, offering solutions to this problem of the ages; solutions that begin where all honest solutions must: with the self. This book serves as the introduction to a far more in-depth investigation into both the problems of Utopianism, and the solutions to it. This larger project takes the form of "The Story of Nowhere Podcast," to be found at www.storyofnowhere.com.