The word “Protopia” was coined by futurist and Wired’s founding editor Kevin Kelly. The concept came from the word “pronoia,” (the opposite of “paranoia”, the feeling that the entire world is conspiring in your favor) and the world Utopia. It refers to a state that is better today than yesterday, although still not perfect. Utopia means an ideal state which is unrealistic, impossible to achieve and thus will inevitably lead to disillusions. The word is derived from the Greek word “ou-topos” which means “no place.” because when imperfect humans attempt perfectibility, they fail. Actually their disastrous social experiments often lead to dystopias as we have seen multiple times across history. All the horrors the Nazi committed was in the goal to achieve an Aryan Utopia. In contrast, Protopia offers a realistic approach as it proposes incremental progress in steps toward improvement, not perfection.