Dr. Spicer's workshop focuses on techniques for developing believable utopian societies. The building blocks of this approach are: 1) Hopeful vision: freeing the imagination to explore utopian possibilities, 2) Ecological systems: developing the physical backbone of how the society will function, and 3) HumanΓÇöor alienΓÇönature: aligning the society's goals with its members needs and instincts without expecting the society to be perfect.