A BETTER WORLD?!
A UTOPIA?!
IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!
Allow me to start by thanking the amazing Karl Popper. He is one of my favorite writers. He has such an irresistible style of writing which combines excellent literary devices with (humane) scientific statements. So, he makes science very pleasant and enjoyable.
My first contact with Popper's ideas was through other authors. And by recommendation of one of them, I decide to read this book. This great selection of Popper's lectures is, perhaps, a selection exactly appropriate for those interested in starting to explore his philosophy, ideas, and concepts.
Concise, simple, and easy to read, the book is a passionate defense of freedom, democracy, and the free market. Always emphasizing the modesty necessary to the intellectuals, from its origins Xenofanes and Socrates, he defends western values, without ever forgetting Churchill's statement about democracy being the least worse form of government. These two aforementioned features become a north in the book, preventing him from falling into common fanaticisms and generalizations.
In this book, Popper talked about many things (mainly scientific issues for sure). There was a common theme in all of those issues he discussed: Optimism. Popper emphasized so many times the 'goodness' of our human species. He refused the arguments that present humans as innately evil - he believes humans are innately and essentially good. That's why he is very optimistic about having a 'better world' sometime in the future.
Popper's belief, in the human ability to overcome all of the evil things which overwhelm our world today, is actually infectious! It forces the reader to believe as well. This thing alone, to me, makes the book AMAZING!
