![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Utopian movements – promoted by intellectuals ranging from Robert Owen to Karl Marx – emerged to fill a vacuum and right both real and perceived wrongs. The rapid growth of factories, cities, and corporations promised great progress, but also threatened the basic fabric of society. England in the throes of its own 19th Century Industrial Revolution provides us with the book’s first setting. Off the Edge is an engaging study of history and psychology. Why? Because, according to Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill, they are not that much different than the rest of us. Yet, believers have been surprisingly resilient despite the ridicule. People who believe that the earth is flat have been relentlessly mocked for almost 200 years. ![]()
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