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People like Dostoevsky outlined in the late 1800s: in 'Notes from Underground', Dostoevsky famously pointed out that if we did bring about the socialist utopia and he described that as the endless opportunity to sit in pools of bubbling water, busy ourselves with the continuation of the species and eat nothing but cake, that human beings would break it all into a chaotic mess at the first opportunity, just so that something exciting could happen.

Dr. Peterson discusses Dostoevsky's 'Notes from Underground' to highlight the notion that a utopian vision filled with endless satisfaction would ultimately be rejected by humans in favor of a chaotic and thrilling reality.

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